Metz 1944: Patton's fortified nemesis
- 作者
- 出版社 Osprey Publishing
- 出版时间 2012年3月
- ISBN 9781849085915
- 定价 302.40
内容简介
GeneralGeorgePatton'smostcontroversialcampaignwastheseriesofbattlesinautumn1944alongtheGermanfrontierwhichcenteredonthefortifiedcityofMetz.Ittooknearlyfourmonths,fromSeptembertoDecember1944,forPatton'sThirdArmytocapturetheMetz-Thionvillefortifiedzone.Inpart,theproblemwaslogistics.AswasthecasewiththerestoftheAlliedforcesintheEuropeanTheatre,supplieswerelimiteduntiltheportofAntwerpcouldfinallybecleared.Alsoproblematicwastheweather.Theautumnof1944wasoneofthewettestonrecord,andhardlyconducivetothetypeofmechanizedwarfareforwhichPattonwassofamous.Howeverattheheartoftheproblemwastheaccretionofsophisticatedfortifications.Metzhadbeenfortifiedsinceancienttimes,heavilyrebuiltbyFranceinthepost-Napoleonicperiod,modernizedbyGermanyin1870-1914,andmodernizedbyFranceduringtheMaginoteffortin1935-40.TheGermanshopedtoholdMetzwithathinscreenofsecond-ratetroops,countingontheimpregnablefortifications.Thisbookcoverstheentirecampaignfrombeginningtoend,offeringanunbiasedassessmentofthesuccessandfailuresofboththeAlliedandAxisefforts.
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