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Aachen : the U.S. Army's battle for Charlemagne's city in WWII /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumer, Robert W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania : Stackpole Books, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Aachen (Germany) > History > Siege, 1944.
United States. > Army. > Corps, XIX.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Germany > Aachen.
Table of Contents:
  • 12 September 1944
  • VII corps breaches the Westwall
  • Penetrating the Schill Line
  • Stalemate at Stolberg
  • XIX Corps crosses the Wurm River
  • XIX Corps breaks through the Westwall
  • XIX Corps widens the bridgehead
  • South toward Alsdorf
  • Verlautenheide, Crucifix Hill, and the Ravelsberg Fall
  • Ultimatum and the first attacks on Aachen
  • The northern jaw
  • The gap closes
  • Surrender.