The Rhineland 1945

The last killing ground in the West
Featuring full-colour maps and archive photography, this compact volume provides an in-depth account of the battle for the Rhineland in 1945.

Featuring full-colour maps and archive photography, this compact volume provides an in-depth account of the battle for the Rhineland in 1945.

Known as the last great 'stand-up fight' of the Second World War the battle for the Rhineland was brutal in the extreme. Eisenhower's 'broad front' policy called for the whole of the Rhineland to be taken before pushing his troops across the Rhine and into Germany itself.

The Germans opened the Roer dams in a vain bid to temper this massive Allied offensive and this called for a drastic change in tactics. The ensuing battle was characterised by amphibious assaults on the fortified villages of the flooded Rhine lowlands, frontal assaults on the much vaunted Siegfried Line and the grim fighting for the Reichswald Forest.

Ken Ford examines in detail the battle that was to be 'the last great killing ground in the west'.

Contributor: Tony Bryan (Illustrated by)

Illustrator: Tony Bryan

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