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title:The March to Victory : A Guide to World War II Battles and Battlefields From London to the Rhine
author:Bookman, John T.; Powers, Stephen T.
publisher:University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin:0870813277
print isbn13:9780870813276
ebook isbn13:9780585003979
language:English
subjectWorld War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Europe--Guidebooks.
publication date:1994
lcc:D747.B65 1994eb
ddc:940.54/21
subject:World War, 1939-1945--Battlefields--Europe--Guidebooks.
Page iii

The March to Victory
A Guide to World War II Battles and
Battlefields from London to the Rhine
REVISED EDITION
John T. Bookman and Stephen T. Powers
Page iv

Copyright 1994 by the University Press of Colorado
Published by the University Press of Colorado
P.O. Box 849
Niwot, Colorado 80544

Copyright 1986 by John T. Bookman and Stephen T. Powers

First edition published by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, New York

Maps by George Colbert

The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of paper for printed Library Materials.

ANSI Z39.481984

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bookman, John T.

The March to Victory: A Guide to World War II Battles and Battlefields from London to the Rhine / John T. Bookman and Stephen T. Powers

p. cm

Includes biographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87081-326-9 (cloth) ISBN 0-87081-327-7 (paper)

1. World War, 19391945 Battlefields Europe Guidebooks.

I. Powers, Stephen T. II. Title.

940.54'21 dc 20

1994

93-49616

CIP

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Page v

We dedicate this book to our mothers,
Helen Turner Bookman
and
Mary Tallichet Powers
and, in memoriam, to our fathers,
John F. Bookman
and
John N. Powers
Page vii

Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction: Using the Guide
xi
1. The Battle of Britain and the Bomber Offensive
1
An Overview
Tour of the Battle of Britain and the Bomber Offensive
2. The Battle of Normandy
47
An Overview
Tours of the D Day Landing Areas
Tours of the American Sector
Tour of the British and Canadian Sectors
3. The Breakout from Normandy
97
An Overview
Tour of the Breakout Battlefields
Tour of the American Battlefields
Tour of the British and Canadian Battlefields
4. Pursuit Across France
133
An Overview
Tour of the Pursuit Across France
5. Operation Market-Garden
157
An Overview
Tour of Operation Market-Garden
6. The Battle of the Bulge
182
An Overview
Tour of the Battle of the Bulge
7. Through the West Wall to the Rhine
220
Aachen and the Huertgen Forest: An Overview
Tour of Aachen and the Huertgen Forest
The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview
Tour of the Lorraine Battlefield
The Rhine Crossings: An Overview
Tour of the Rhine Crossings
Appendix A: Museums
258
Appendix B: Select Bibliography
267
Index
275

Page ix

Preface

This guidebook is intended for the veteran of World War II, the student of military history, and any traveler to Europe, in fact or imagination, who has an interest in the Allied effort to defeat German military forces in Western Europe. We describe by both text and maps a series of tours over the principal World War II battlefields in northwestern Europe.

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