The European campaign : (Record no. 76478)
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020 ## - ISBN | |
ISBN | 9781584874942 |
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ISBN | 1584874945 |
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Original cataloging library | AWC |
Modifying library | Sipr |
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Language code | eng |
100 1# - AUTHOR | |
Personal name | Newland, Samuel J. |
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Title | The European campaign : |
Subtitle | its origins and conduct / |
Author, etc | Samuel J. Newland, Clayton K. S. Chun. |
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Place of publication | Carlisle, PA : |
Publisher | Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, |
Year | 2011. |
300 ## - PAGES ETC | |
Pages | x, 455 p. : |
Details | ill., maps ; |
Dimensions | 23 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | "June 2011." |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
About the authors | Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-406). |
505 0# - CONTENTS | |
Contents | Introduction -- Chapter 1. The European campaign : origins -- Chapter 2. Was Europe first? -- Chapter 3. 1943 : Frustrations and successes -- Chapter 4. D-Day : Planning and execution -- Chapter 5. Toward the German border : Operations COBRA, the Falaise Pocket, and Operation ANVIL -- Chapter 6. Operation MARKET GARDEN -- Chapter 7. The Hürtgen Campaign -- Chapter 8. The Ardennes Offensive -- Chapter 9. The Ruhr or Berlin -- Chapter 10. Conclusions and observations -- Appendix I. Developing strategy : a look at the other side -- Appendix II. To Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force. |
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Summary, etc | Given the significance of World War II and the interest in the European Campaign, the authors offer a fresh look at the operations involved in winning the war in Europe. The authors begin with an examination of prewar planning for various contingencies, then move to the origins of "Germany first" in American war planning. They then focus on the concept, favored by both George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower, that the United States and its Allies had to conduct a cross-channel attack and undertake an offensive aimed at the heartland of Germany. Following this background contained in the initial chapters, the remainder of the book provides a comprehensive discussion outlining how the European Campaign was carried out. The authors conclude that American political leaders and war planners established logical and achievable objectives for the nation's military forces. However during the campaign's execution, American military leaders were slow to put into practice what would later be called operational level warfare. For comparison, the authors include an appendix covering German efforts at war planning in the tumultuous 1920s and 1930s. |
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Keyword | World War II |
Subdivision | military strategy |
-- | military history |
-- | military operations |
-- | decisionmaking |
Geographic subdivision | USA |
-- | Germany |
700 1# - ADDED AUTHOR/EDITOR | |
Author/Editor | Chun, Clayton K. S. |
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Institution | US Army War College. |
Subordinate unit | Strategic Studies Institute, SSI |
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Classification part | 940.53 Newland |
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URI | http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1075.pdf |
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Koha item type | monograph |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Acquisition no. | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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SIPRI Library and Documentation | SIPRI Library and Documentation | 2011-09-09 | 940.53 Newland | G11/931 | 2011-09-09 | monograph |