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.
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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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.
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| 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.