TITLE: |
The Supreme Command / by Forrest C. Pogue. |
AUTHOR: |
Pogue, Forrest C., author. |
SERIES: |
United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations |
SERIES: |
United States Army in World War II. European theater of operations. |
PUBLISHED: |
Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2017. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xxi, 607 pages, 6 folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
NOTES: |
"First printed 1954." |
NOTES: |
Six color maps on folded leaves attached to page 3 of cover. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-568) and index.The supreme commander -- The coalition command -- The nature of SHAEF -- The machinery of SHAEF -- Planning before SHAEF -- SHAEF revises plans for the attack -- SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944 -- Relations with the occupied countries -- Final preparations for the invasion -- D Day to the breakout -- The breakout and pursuit to the Seine -- The campaign in southern France -- Relations with the French, June-September 1944 -- The pursuit stops short of the Rhine |
NOTES: |
-- Command reorganization, June-October 1944 -- Fighting in the north -- The battles of attrition, September-December 1944 -- Relations with liberated countries -- Program for Germany -- The winter counteroffensives -- The battle for the Rhineland -- The battle for the Ruhr -- The drive to the Elbe -- The drive to the Elbe (continued) -- The German surrender -- The last phase. |
NOTES: |
A description of General Eisenhower2s wartime command, focusing on the general, his staff, and his superiors in London and Washington and contrasting Allied and enemy command organizations. |
SUBJECT: |
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. |
SUBJECT: |
World War (1939-1945) |
SUBJECT: |
Military planning --History --20th century. |
SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945 --Campaigns--Europe. |
SUBJECT: |
Military campaigns. |
SUBJECT: |
Military planning. |
SUBJECT: |
Europe. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Center of Military History, issuing body. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Reprint of (manifestation): Pogue, Forrest C. Supreme Command. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1954. |