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Siegfried Line: The German Defense of the West Wall, September-December 1944
Paperback
Main Details
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Siegfried Line: The German Defense of the West Wall, September-December 1944
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Samuel W. Mitcham
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| Series | Stackpole Military History Series |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | First world war
Second world war |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780811736022
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| Classifications | Dewey:940.542134 |
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| Illustrations |
25 b/w photos & 16 maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Stackpole Books
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| Imprint |
Stackpole Books
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| Publication Date |
19 October 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The battles for the Germans' last line of defence in World War II, including Arnhem, Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and Metz. Built as a series of forts, bunkers, and tank traps, the West Wall - known as the Siegfried Line to the Allies - stretched along Germany's western border. After D-Day in June 1944, as the Allies raced across France and threatened to pierce into the Reich, the Germans fell back on the West Wall. In desperate fighting - among the war's worst - the Germans held off the Allies for several months.
Author Biography
Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., has written more than twenty books on World War II.
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