Osprey Campaign 242 - Metz 1944: Pattons fortified nemesis
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Название: Osprey Campaign 242 - Metz 1944: Pattons fortified nemesis
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Автор: Steven J. Zaloga
Год выпуска: 2012
Формат: PDF
Размер: 13,8 МБ
ISBN: 716025660606
Язык: Английский
СКАЧАТЬ Osprey Campaign 242 - Metz 1944: Pattons fortified nemesis БЕСПЛАТНО EPUB - DOC - DJVU - RTF - PDFОписание: General George Patton’s most controversial campaign was the series of battles in autumn 1944 battles along the German frontier which centered on the fortified city of Metz.In part, the problem was logistics. As was the case with the rest of the Allied forces in the European Theatre, supplies were limited until the port of Antwerp could finally be cleared. Also problematic was the weather.
The autumn of 1944 was one of the wettest on record, and hardly conducive to the type of mechanized warfare for which Patton was so famous. However at the heart of the problem was the accretion of sophisticated fortifications. Metz had been fortified since ancient times, heavily rebuilt by France in the post-Napoleonic period, modernized by Germany in 1870–1914, and modernized by France during the Maginot effort in 1935–40.