Free shipping on all orders over $79* Limited Time Only
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Retreat through the Rhone Valley : Defensive battles of the Nineteenth Army, August-September 1944 - Jörg Staiger

Retreat through the Rhone Valley

Defensive battles of the Nineteenth Army, August-September 1944

By: Jörg Staiger, Linden Lyons

eBook | 16 January 2025

At a Glance

eBook

RRP $25.99

$20.99

19%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $5.25 with

Instant Digital Delivery to your Kobo Reader App

First English translation of the best German account of retreat between August and September 1944. The Dragoon offensive in August 1944 was preceded by bombings and sabotage that hit hard the German forces located in the South of France—damaging communications, railroads and bridges. The landings were then overwhelmingly successful, despite localized German resistance. The following morning a German force the size of around four infantry battalions was able to launch a counterattack, but by the end of the day von Schwerin ordered a retreat under cover of night. What ensued was a race to retreat to the Burgundian Gate, or Belfort Gap, before they were cut off by the advancing Allied troops. The Allies had all the means for a successful pursuit, while most of the German troops, with the notable exception of the 11th Panzer Division, were largely incapable of undertaking an orderly retreat. Some units, including the LXII Corps headquarters, were surrounded and captured. This account, by Jorg Staiger, recounts the German retreat and explains how the 19th Army sacrificed divisions to enable its retreat through the Rhone Valley.

on

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionHistoryGeneral & World HistoryBiographies & True Stories BiographiesHistorical, Political and Military BiographiesRegional & National HistoryEuropean HistoryWarfare & DefenceMilitary Life & InstitutionsRegimentsMilitary History
Second World War

More in General & World History

The Menzies Era - John Howard

eBOOK

The Menzies Era

eBook

$9.99

Tobruk - Peter FitzSimons

eBOOK

Tobruk

eBook

$16.99

Story of Philosophy - Will Durant

eBOOK

Story of Philosophy

eBook

$10.99

This product is categorised by