Battle for the Ruhr The German Army's Final Defeat in the West |
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| Author:
| Zumbro, Derek S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-1490-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2006 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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A richly detailed epic narrative that gives the perspective of the German officers, soldiers, and civilians trapped in one of the bloodiest battles toward the end of World War II, ultimately leading to the massacre of 350,000 German troops. Shows what it looked, felt, and sounded like for the German troops encircled by the Allied juggernaut in the west as the dealt with Hitler's increasingly surreal commands to stand and fight to the last man.
A richly detailed epic narrative that gives the perspective of the German officers, soldiers, and civilians trapped in one of the bloodiest battles toward the end of World War II, ultimately leading to the massacre of 350,000 German troops. Shows what it looked, felt, and sounded like for the German troops encircled by the Allied juggernaut in the west as the dealt with Hitler's increasingly surreal commands to stand and fight to the last man.