Death On A Distant Frontier: A Lost Victory, 1944 - Hardcover

Whiting, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885119321 ISBN 13: 9781885119322

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1996

Synopsis

A veteran of the campaign reveals a lost opportunity for Patton's Third Army and British SAS troops to finish off retreating German troops in September 1944. Describes the dramatic period when the Allies thought the war was won and SAS units went behind enemy lines to prepare for an advance that didn't come.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Whiting served with a reconnaisance outfit in WWII and has since become one of the premier historians of the war. Among his many best-selling works are Patton, The Last Assault, and Death on a Distant Frontier. He currently lives in York, England.

Review:

"A sobering account not often presented to students of the European theater." -- Reviewer's Bookwatch

"Immensely entertaining narrative leaving the reader wanting to learn more about the 'frontier battles' in Europe." -- The Star Banner

Death On A Distant Frontier acknowledges the dearth of creativity in the Allied leadership under Eisenhower after the Normandy landing which allowed the Germans to regroup. But its primary focus is on the incredibloe bravery and savrifice of soldiers who spent the winter of '44-45 in a foreign country grapping with the Wehrmacht in desperate battles that could only gradually mean the demise of Nazi Germany. Through hard fighting, the young men of America eventually prevailed. But the stark, cold fact is that when Hitler committed suicide, it was Russian soldiers dancing on his grave, while thousands of U. S. troops found their final resting place in the ruins of Aachen, Metz, the Reichswald and the Huertgen Forest. Death On A Distant Frontier is a sobering account not often presented to students of the European theatre. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1885119321
• ISBN 13: 9781885119322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162