The Siegfried Line Campaign /

The story of the First and Ninth U.S. Armies from the first crossings of the German border in September 1944 to the enemy₂s counteroffensive in the Ardennes in December, including the reduction of Aachen, Huertgen Forest, and Operation MARKET-GARDEN in Holland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacDonald, Charles B. (Charles Brown), 1922-1990
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army ; 1963.
Series:United States Army in World War II. European theater of operations.
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Online Access:http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-7-1/index.html
Table of Contents:
  • Breaching the Siegfried Line
  • The road to Germany
  • The First U.S. Army
  • V Corps hits the West Wall
  • VII Corps penetrates the Line
  • Action on the North Wing
  • An airborne carpet in the North
  • Operation Market-Garden
  • Invasion from the sky
  • Decision on the ground
  • The approaches to Antwerp
  • The Peel Marshes
  • The Battle of Aachen
  • A set attack against the West Wall
  • Closing the circle
  • Assault on the city
  • The Roer River dams
  • The first attack on Schmidt
  • The second attack on Schmidt
  • The Huertgen Forest
  • The big picture in October
  • New plans to drive to the Rhine
  • VII Corps makes the main effort
  • V Corps joins the offensive
  • The final fight to break out of the Forest
  • Battle of the Roer Plain
  • Clearing the inner wings of the armies
  • The Roer River offensive
  • The Geilenkirchen Salient
  • Ninth Army's final push to the Roer
  • Conclusion
  • The approaches to Dueren
  • Objective: the Roer River dams
  • The end of the campaign.