The battles for the Germans' last line of defence in World War II, including Arnhem, Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and Metz. Built as a series of forts, bunkers, and tank traps, the West Wall - known as the Siegfried Line to the Allies - stretched along Germany's western border. After D-Day in June 1944, as the Allies raced across France and threatened to pierce into the Reich, the Germans fell back on the West Wall. In desperate fighting - among the war's worst - the Germans held off the Allies for several months.
About the AuthorSamuel W. Mitcham, Jr., has written more than twenty books on World War II.
Book InformationISBN 9780811736022
Author Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Stackpole BooksPublisher Stackpole Books