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From the Riviera to the Rhine - Us Sixth Army Group August 1944-February 1945 (Hardcover)
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From the Riviera to the Rhine - Us Sixth Army Group August 1944-February 1945 (Hardcover)
Series: WWII Historic Battlefields
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Two months after D-Day, just as the battle of Normandy was reaching
its climax, with all eyes on the Falaise Pocket, the Allies
unleashed the second invasion of France not in the Pas de Calais
but the French Riviera. Immaculately planned, effectively
undertaken, the Allies quickly broke out of their bridgehead, drove
400 miles into France in three weeks, and liberated 10,000 square
miles of French territory while inflicting 143,250 German
casualties. On September 10 they linked up with Patton's Third Army
and advanced into the Vosges Mountains, taking Strasbourg and
holding the area against the Germans' final big attack in the west:
Operation Nordwind in January 1945. US Seventh Army and 6th Army
Group undertook a successful campaign placing a third Allied army
group with its own independent supply lines, in northeastern France
at a time when the two northern Allied army groups were stretched
to the limit. Without this force the Allies would have struggled to
hold the frontage to Switzerland and Third Army would have been
exposed to attack in its southern flank-something that could have
had disastrous repercussions particularly during the Ardennes
offensive of December 1944.The images of palm trees and azure seas
obscure our view of this campaign. It was no cakewalk. The Germans
knew the Allies were coming and had strong defences in the area. A
shortage of landing craft, vehicles, and materiel meant that the US
Seventh and French First armies were restricted in the assault. The
heavy fog and anti-glider defences made for a difficult airborne
assault, but it was carried out effectively, the amphibious assault
was textbook in execution and the invasion of southern France ended
up as a significant victory. But the story of 6th Army Group wasn't
finished. Taking up a position on the east flank of Third Army it
fought its way through the Vosges and withstood the Germans' last
throw: Operation Nordwind-the vain attempt to relieve pressure on
the Ardennes assault by attacking in the Vosges. Heavy fighting
pressed hard towards Strasbourg but the Allies were ultimately
victorious, inflicting severe losses on the Germans.
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