Description
ABOUT THIS PRODUCT
'The last great heave of war,' according to Churchill, took place with the
crossing of the Rhine in 1945. No invading army had crossed this great river
since Napoleon's in 1805 and the task fell to Field Marshal Montgomery's
21st Army Group. Opposing them were the forces of a failing fascist regime,
including battalions of old men and boys, strengthened by several formations
of crack troops including paratroopers and Panzer Grenadiers. With an
elaborate description of the combined Allied attack, second in magnitude
only to the Normandy invasion, this book charts the history of the last
great set-piece battle of the war that ultimately brought the defeat of
Hitler's Nazi regime one step closer.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent
almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry before a change in
career led him to become a full time military historian. He is the author of
over twenty books on various aspects of World War II. Ken now lives in
Southampton.Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has
been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has worked
for a number of publishers and is an associate member of the Guild of
Aviation Artists. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies
Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books
for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland
1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.
CONTENTS
Origins of the Battle
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
Breakout Battle
Battlefield Today
Bibliography
