Race to the Rhine: Liberating France and the Low Countries 1944-45

by Leo Marriott and Simon Forty

The speed of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940 and the relative ease with which they brushed aside Allied defenses meant four years of occupation. But in June 1944--this time with American forces--the Allies finally returned for a rematch. The destruction of German forces in Normandy's Falaise pocket, on August 14, was as quick as the Blitzkrieg had been: by September British troops were in Ghent and Liege; Canadian forces liberated Ostend, and in northeast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612002943
• ISBN13: 9781612002941
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 12.1"