The European campaign : (Record no. 76478)

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020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 9781584874942
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 1584874945
040 ## - CATALOGUING LIBRARY
Original cataloging library AWC
Modifying library Sipr
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Language code eng
100 1# - AUTHOR
Personal name Newland, Samuel J.
245 14 - TITLE
Title The European campaign :
Subtitle its origins and conduct /
Author, etc Samuel J. Newland, Clayton K. S. Chun.
260 ## - PUBLICATION DATA
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.
520 ## - SUMMARY
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.
650 #7 - KEYWORD
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.
710 2# - ADDED INSTITUTION
Institution US Army War College.
Subordinate unit Strategic Studies Institute, SSI
852 ## - LOCATION
Classification part 940.53 Newland
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URI http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1075.pdf
942 ## - ITEM TYPE (KOHA)
Koha item type monograph
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