Foreign Military Studies: Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944 (Hardcover)

from jamespurcell

Quite possibly, the most data dense and well validated review of the critical series of strategic and tactical decisions, battles,and skirmishes that comprised the German retreat from France and Belgium. Incredibly detailed and cogently written, it is one of the best WW2 histories that I have rea...

from agingcow2345

The core thesis of this book is that while Normandy through Falaise has been extensively covered in WW2 literature, there does not exist a definitive account of the great pursuit across France that followed, especially from the German POV. This book remedies this in a most excellent fashion. The ...

from Shrike58

To be honest, when I found that the author had been something of a protege of Andreas Hillgruber (notorious for his attempts to bring respectability to the German war effort in WWII), I almost set this book aside. I will also allow that I'm not especially impressed with with Ludewig's efforts to ...

from tenutter

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Released: August 28, 2012 ISBN-10: 081314079X ISBN-13: 978-0813140797 Softcover: 416 pages Nonfiction History Military History & Affairs World War II Joachim Ludewig is an officer in the German Army Reserve. He currently serves as a civil servant in the Ger...

from jamespurcell

Quite possibly, the most data dense and well validated review of the critical series of strategic and tactical decisions, battles,and skirmishes that comprised the German retreat from France and Belgium. Incredibly detailed and cogently written, it is one of the best WW2 histories that I have rea...