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Endkampf : soldiers, civilians, and the death of the Third Reich /
At the end of World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, fearing that retreating Germans would consolidate large numbers of troops in an Alpine stronghold and from there conduct a protracted guerilla war, turned U.S. forces toward the heart of Franconia, ordering them to cut off and destroy German uni...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | At the end of World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, fearing that retreating Germans would consolidate large numbers of troops in an Alpine stronghold and from there conduct a protracted guerilla war, turned U.S. forces toward the heart of Franconia, ordering them to cut off and destroy German units before they could reach the Alps. Opposing this advance was a conglomeration of German forces headed by SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon, a committed National Socialist who advocated merciless resistance. Under the direction of officers schooled in harsh combat in Russia, the Germans succeeded in bring. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-369) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813171903 9780813171906 9780813138374 081313837X 1282976249 9781282976245 9786612976247 6612976241 |