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The Supreme Command / by Forrest C. Pogue.

by Pogue, Forrest C., author.

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2017.

Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters.

Military planning -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.

United States Army in World War II. European theater of operations.

xxi, 607 pages : illustrations, color maps, portraits ; 26 cm + 3 folded maps.

Biographical sketches -- The supreme commander -- The coalition command -- The nature of SHAEF -- The machinery of SHAEF -- Planning before SHAEF -- SHAEF revises plans for the attack -- SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944 -- Relations with the occupied countries -- Final preparations for the invasion -- D Day to the breakout -- The breakout and pursuit to the Seine -- The campaign in southern France -- Relations with the French, June-September 1944 -- The pursuit stops short of the Rhine -- Command reorganization, June-October 1944 -- Fighting in the north -- The battles of attrition, September-December 1944 -- Relations with liberated countries -- Program for Germany -- The winter counteroffensives -- The battle for the Rhineland -- The battle for the Ruhr -- The drive to the Elbe -- The drive to the Elbe (continued) -- The German surrender -- The last phase.

A description of General Eisenhower's wartime command, focusing on the general, his staff, and his superiors in London and Washington and contrasting Allied and enemy command organizations.

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