Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing

Name: Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing
Brand: Pen and Sword
Price: 42.75 AUD

Operation PLUNDER, Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

By: Jon Diamond

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Paperback | 2 January 2019

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240 Pages

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24.6 x 18.9 x 1.91

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After the Normandy break-out, the Allies' headlong dash east came to a halt in the autumn with the ill-fated Market Garden operation and over-extended supply lines short of the Rhineland. After repulsing the Nazis' daring Ardennes offensive, Montgomery's and Bradley's Army Groups cleared the Reichwald and Rhineland and closed on the Rhine. With both sides aware of the strategic significance of this physical barrier the stakes could not have been higher.

Eisenhower's plan involved a vast airborne assault by General Ridgway's XV11 Airborne Corps (codename Varsity) and the simultaneously coordinated river crossing by Monty's 21 Army Group codename Plunder with Dempsey's British Second Army and General William H. Simpson's US Ninth Army. This superbly illustrated and researched book describes the March 1945 assault crossing involving naval amphibious craft, the air and artillery bombardment and diversionary attack by the British 1st Commando brigade at Wesel.

In concert with , Patton's US Third Army Group crossed further south. As a result of this triumph of strategic planning and tactical execution, the fate of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich' was finally sealed.

250 b/w illustrations

About the Author

Jon Diamond MD is a kidney specialist in the USA with a deep interest in the Second World War. He is a keen collector of photographs. His Stilwell and the Chindits, War in the South Pacific, Invasion of Sicily, Invasion of the Italian Mainland: Salerno to Gustav Line, 1943-1944, Onto Rome 1944; Anzio and Victory at Cassino and Beyond Rome to the Alps; Across the Arno and Gothic Line, 1944-1945 are all published by Pen and Sword in the Images of War series.

Industry Reviews

"This book is highly recommended due to the excellent maps, large number of black and white images, and detailed coverage of the subject."-- "AMPS"

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