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The Last Year of
the German Army by James Lucas
Germany began the last year of the war in a crisis situation; the
allied landings in Normandy had forced another battle arena upon an army
already fighting on the vast Eastern front where Army Group Centre was
soon to collapse. The Last Year of the German Army charts the 'progress'
of Hitler's army from May 1944 until May 1945, when the once
all-conquering German Army was finally defeated. In this absorbing study,
James Lucas examines the changing structure of the army throughout this
final year of war, and reveals the often surprising measures taken to
confront a situation Hitler had never contemplated, and which indeed he
never really accepted. The author discuss the growing opposition to the
Führer and the resulting attempt on his life in July 1944, which prompted
him to withdraw much authority from many of his senior military commanders
and give high ranking military positions to men he trusted, party comrades
- a move that had a profound effect on the operations of the Army. The
role of scientists and research is analysed, as are the solutions found to
the many problems faced by the German Army, such as decreasing numbers of
German men to fight and the inadequate equipment they were given. The
formation of military units independent of the Army is considered and the
effect this had on the Army itself. Finally he describes some of the last
battles fought by the German Army, which had by no means given up its
struggle, as the Allies closed on Berlin.
Book serial number BK19. Price £12.99 Paperback with 224 pages and
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The Rhineland 1945, The Last
Killing Ground in the West by Ken Ford
Known as the last great
'stand-up fight' of the Second World War, the battle for the Rhineland was
brutal in the extreme. Eisenhower's 'broad front' policy called for the
whole of the Rhineland to be taken before pushing his troops across the
Rhine and into Germany itself. The Germans opened the Roer dams in a vain
effort to temper this massive Allied offensive, and this called for a
drastic change in tactics. The ensuing battle was characterised by
amphibious assaults on the fortified villages of the flooded Rhine
lowlands, frontal assaults on the much vaunted Siegfried Line and grim
fighting for the Reichswald Forest. It was to be 'the last great killing
ground in the west'.
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Book price £12.99.
Book serial number Osprey 74.
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