Hugh M. Cole (1910–2005)

I started to read this book on July 5, 2010 and finished it on July 29, 2010.

This book is part of the "United States Army in World War II" series. This 78 volume series is the official history of the U.S. Army during World War II. This book is part of "The European Theater of Operations" sub-series. There are ten books in this sub-series, with the seven operational books occurring chronologically as follows (the other three volumes are also listed):

"The Supreme Command"

"Logistical Support show more of the Armies, Volume I: May 1941 - September 1944"
"Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume II: September 1944 - May 1945"

"Cross Channel Attack"
"Breakout and Pursuit"
"Riviera to the Rhine" / "The Lorraine Campaign" / "The Siegfried Line Campaign"
"The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge"
"The Last Offensive"

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I started to read this volume on June 19, 2010, and finished it on July 5, 2010.
This book is part of the "United States Army in World War II" series. This 78 volume series is the official history of the U.S. Army during World War II. This book is part of "The European Theater of Operations" sub-series. There are ten books in this sub-series, with the seven operational books occurring chronologically as follows (the other three volumes are also listed):

"The Supreme Command"

"Logistical show more Support of the Armies, Volume I: May 1941 - September 1944"
"Logistical Support of the Armies, Volume II: September 1944 - May 1945"

"Cross Channel Attack"
"Breakout and Pursuit"
"Riviera to the Rhine" / "The Lorraine Campaign" / "The Siegfried Line Campaign"
"The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge"
"The Last Offensive"

'This volume deals with the campaign waged by the Third Army in Lorraine during the period 1 September-18 December 1944. .... (It) is concerned with the tactical operations of the Third Army and its subordinate units.' It covers operations in northern France, up to the German border. It begins after the breakout from the Normandy beaches and ends at the start of the Ardennes counter offensive (the 'Battle of the Bulge'). During this time, the Third Army was commanded by Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. and was part of the 12th U.S. Army Group, commanded by Lt. Gen. (and later General) Omar N. Bradley. On the left (north and west) was the First Army (Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges). On the right (south and east), coming up from the Marseille area of southern France and 175 miles away, the Seventh Army (Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch); later this became part of the 6th U.S. (and French) Army Group (Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers).

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This has the wrong 'The Author' page (page ix). This one is actually intended for "The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge" volume, also by this author, Hugh M.Cole. It refers to "The Lorraine Campaign" as another volume and to this book as covering the Ardennes Campaign. The data is otherwise basically the same and therefore no harm is really done.

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