Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945

by Charles Whiting

Book Overview

March - April 1945. Victory for the Allies was only a matter of time. Two great armies were racing towards each other crushing German resistance in their path.

Berlin was the prize, which the Soviets were in the event to seize. Instead Eisenhower, always more a political, rather than military, figure opted to destroy the German armies in and around the Ruhr. Churchill's warnings were ignored and Mongomery's plans overruled. What drove the decision-making...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085052914X
• ISBN13: 9780850529142
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.7"