Description
In June 1944 the Allies opened the long-awaited second front against Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, and this was to be the start of a long struggle throughout Western Europe for the Allied forces in the face of stiff German resistance.
The European Theatre was where the bulk of the Allied forces were committed in the struggle against Nazi Germany. It saw some of the most famous battles and operations of the war – Normandy, Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge – as the Allies sought to liberate Western Europe in the face of bitter and hard-fought German resistance. From the beaches of D-Day through to the final battles in war-ravaged Germany, the war across the breadth and depth of Western Europe is brought to life through scores of carefully researched and intricately detailed maps.
Table of Contents
Atlas of the European Campaign 1944-45
Map
ETO Jun 44-May 45
The Invasion Front: 6 June 1944
German Defenses on the Cotentin Peninsula 6 June 1944
Overall Plan for Operation Neptune
Shipping Routes to Invasion Beaches
Naval Bombardment D-Day
Western Task Force
US Airborne landings, 6 June 1944
Securing Utah Beach, 7 June 1944
German Forces in Grandcamps Sector 6 Jun 44
V Corps D-Day Objectives
Assault Landing Plan 116 RCT
V Corps D-Day Operations 6 Jun 44
Eastern Task Force
German Defenses of Sword Beach
Landings on Sword Beach
British 6th Airborne Division
German Defenses Gold Beach
British at Gold Beach
Situation Gold-June Night 6 June
German Defenses Juno Beach
Canadians at Juno Beach
Expanding the Beachhead and Battle for Caen
Allied Lodgment Night 6 June
Battle for France June-August 1944
Battle for Carentan, 10-13 June 1944
Cutting off the Cotentin, 10-18 June 1944
German Dispositions on the Cotentin Peninsula: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Cutting off the Cotentin: June 10-18, 1944
North to Cherbourg: June 19-21, 1944
Festung Cherbourg
The Attack on Cherbourg: June 22-26, 1944
Strategic Situation in Normandy 2 July 1944-24 July 1944
First Allied Moves on Caen
Operation Epsom 24-30 June
Charnwood and the Capture of Caen
Operation Goodwood Plan of Attack
Allied Lines before Breakout
The Breakout
Operation Bluecoast
Operation Cobra Plan
Operation Cobra Breakthrough 25-30 July 1944
Race for Brittany
Normandy to the Seine
The Strategic Situation: August 16, 1944
The Battle for Chartres, August 15-18, 1944
The US Army Approaches Paris: August 19-24, 1944
The Advance on Paris August 23-24, 1944
Forming the Falaise Pocket
German Collapse Sep 44
Patton's Advance: August 1-September 4, 1944
Breakout from Normandy Aug 44
Maquis in 1944
German Occupation Troops in Rhone-Alpes
Dragoon Operation 15 Aug 44
Rhone Triangle 20-25 Aug 44
Liberation of Marseilles 20-27 Aug 44
Race to Lyon 29 Aug-3 Sep 44
German Retreat from Alps Aug-Sep 44
The Fighting along the German Frontier: September-December 1944
Battle of Attrition Sep-Dec 44
The Void: Pursuit to the German Frontier 26 August-11 September 1944
Alternate Plans
Autumn Frustrations
German Dispositions in the Netherlands, 16 September 1944
101st Airborne Division Landings 17-18 September 1944
82nd Airborne Division Landings 17-18 September 1944
Market Garden Concludes: 26 September 1944
Fortress Walcheren
Infatuate I Vlissingen 1 Nov 44
Infatuate II Westkappelle
Fall of Walcheren 3-8 Nov
The Strategic Situation 26 August-11 Sep 1944
Westwall Defenses in the Aachen Sector
The First Battle of Aachen: Stolberg Corridor September 12-29 1944
Operation Queen: XIX Corps November 16-December 9, 1944
The Final Push: VII corps Reaches the Roer December 10-16, 1944.
Lorraine Strategic Situation, early September 1944
Conflicting Plans in Lorraine
Seizing the Moselle Bridgeheads September 1944
Lorraine Strategic Situation 25 Sep 44
West-Stellung in Lorraine Nov 44
Lorraine Offensive 8 Nov-19 Dec 44
Encirclement of Metz 9-19 Nov 44
6th Army Group Advance on Rhine 14 Nov-16 Dec 44
The Ardennes Campaign December 1944-January 1945
Strategic Situation 16 Dec 44
Initial Attacks of 6.Panzer Armee
Destruction of 106th Division 16-19 Dec 44
Defense of St Vith
German 5th Panzer Army and 7th Army Objectives
Attack in the Center: 5th Panzer Army vs. the 28th Division
Attack in the South: 7th Army vs. XII Corps
Patton's Relief of Bastogne
Patton's Relief of Bastogne: December 22-26 1944
Eliminating the Bulge 3-28 January 1945
Allied plans following BoB Feb 45
Operation Nordwind 31 Dec 44
Operation Sonnenwende 5-12 Jan 45
Battle of Hagenau 6-21 Jan 45
Colmar Pocket 19 Jan-9 Feb 45
Battles for the Roer and Rhine: February-March 1945
Closing on the Rhine 8 Feb 10 Mar 45
West Stellung Feb 45
Reichswald Feb 45
Operation Veritable 8 Feb 45
Rhine Strategic Situation Mar 45
21st Army Group Operations
Operation Plunder
Operation Flashpoint
Operation Grenade Feb 45
Operation Blockbuster Feb 45
Endgame against the Third Reich: April-May 1945
Crossing the Rhine
Bouncing the Rhine 24-28 Mar 45
Breakout from Remagen 24-28 Mar 45
Encircling the Ruhr Mar-Apr 45
Encircling the Ruhr Mar-Apr 45
Aftermath of Remagen Apr 45
The Rhine Rat Race: March 12-21, 1945
Advance in the North April-May 1945
Advance to the Elbe April 1945
Advance in the South 24 Apr-11 May 1945
The Final Campaign in Germany April-May 1945
Map
ETO Jun 44-May 45
The Invasion Front: 6 June 1944
German Defenses on the Cotentin Peninsula 6 June 1944
Overall Plan for Operation Neptune
Shipping Routes to Invasion Beaches
Naval Bombardment D-Day
Western Task Force
US Airborne landings, 6 June 1944
Securing Utah Beach, 7 June 1944
German Forces in Grandcamps Sector 6 Jun 44
V Corps D-Day Objectives
Assault Landing Plan 116 RCT
V Corps D-Day Operations 6 Jun 44
Eastern Task Force
German Defenses of Sword Beach
Landings on Sword Beach
British 6th Airborne Division
German Defenses Gold Beach
British at Gold Beach
Situation Gold-June Night 6 June
German Defenses Juno Beach
Canadians at Juno Beach
Expanding the Beachhead and Battle for Caen
Allied Lodgment Night 6 June
Battle for France June-August 1944
Battle for Carentan, 10-13 June 1944
Cutting off the Cotentin, 10-18 June 1944
German Dispositions on the Cotentin Peninsula: D-Day, June 6, 1944
Cutting off the Cotentin: June 10-18, 1944
North to Cherbourg: June 19-21, 1944
Festung Cherbourg
The Attack on Cherbourg: June 22-26, 1944
Strategic Situation in Normandy 2 July 1944-24 July 1944
First Allied Moves on Caen
Operation Epsom 24-30 June
Charnwood and the Capture of Caen
Operation Goodwood Plan of Attack
Allied Lines before Breakout
The Breakout
Operation Bluecoast
Operation Cobra Plan
Operation Cobra Breakthrough 25-30 July 1944
Race for Brittany
Normandy to the Seine
The Strategic Situation: August 16, 1944
The Battle for Chartres, August 15-18, 1944
The US Army Approaches Paris: August 19-24, 1944
The Advance on Paris August 23-24, 1944
Forming the Falaise Pocket
German Collapse Sep 44
Patton's Advance: August 1-September 4, 1944
Breakout from Normandy Aug 44
Maquis in 1944
German Occupation Troops in Rhone-Alpes
Dragoon Operation 15 Aug 44
Rhone Triangle 20-25 Aug 44
Liberation of Marseilles 20-27 Aug 44
Race to Lyon 29 Aug-3 Sep 44
German Retreat from Alps Aug-Sep 44
The Fighting along the German Frontier: September-December 1944
Battle of Attrition Sep-Dec 44
The Void: Pursuit to the German Frontier 26 August-11 September 1944
Alternate Plans
Autumn Frustrations
German Dispositions in the Netherlands, 16 September 1944
101st Airborne Division Landings 17-18 September 1944
82nd Airborne Division Landings 17-18 September 1944
Market Garden Concludes: 26 September 1944
Fortress Walcheren
Infatuate I Vlissingen 1 Nov 44
Infatuate II Westkappelle
Fall of Walcheren 3-8 Nov
The Strategic Situation 26 August-11 Sep 1944
Westwall Defenses in the Aachen Sector
The First Battle of Aachen: Stolberg Corridor September 12-29 1944
Operation Queen: XIX Corps November 16-December 9, 1944
The Final Push: VII corps Reaches the Roer December 10-16, 1944.
Lorraine Strategic Situation, early September 1944
Conflicting Plans in Lorraine
Seizing the Moselle Bridgeheads September 1944
Lorraine Strategic Situation 25 Sep 44
West-Stellung in Lorraine Nov 44
Lorraine Offensive 8 Nov-19 Dec 44
Encirclement of Metz 9-19 Nov 44
6th Army Group Advance on Rhine 14 Nov-16 Dec 44
The Ardennes Campaign December 1944-January 1945
Strategic Situation 16 Dec 44
Initial Attacks of 6.Panzer Armee
Destruction of 106th Division 16-19 Dec 44
Defense of St Vith
German 5th Panzer Army and 7th Army Objectives
Attack in the Center: 5th Panzer Army vs. the 28th Division
Attack in the South: 7th Army vs. XII Corps
Patton's Relief of Bastogne
Patton's Relief of Bastogne: December 22-26 1944
Eliminating the Bulge 3-28 January 1945
Allied plans following BoB Feb 45
Operation Nordwind 31 Dec 44
Operation Sonnenwende 5-12 Jan 45
Battle of Hagenau 6-21 Jan 45
Colmar Pocket 19 Jan-9 Feb 45
Battles for the Roer and Rhine: February-March 1945
Closing on the Rhine 8 Feb 10 Mar 45
West Stellung Feb 45
Reichswald Feb 45
Operation Veritable 8 Feb 45
Rhine Strategic Situation Mar 45
21st Army Group Operations
Operation Plunder
Operation Flashpoint
Operation Grenade Feb 45
Operation Blockbuster Feb 45
Endgame against the Third Reich: April-May 1945
Crossing the Rhine
Bouncing the Rhine 24-28 Mar 45
Breakout from Remagen 24-28 Mar 45
Encircling the Ruhr Mar-Apr 45
Encircling the Ruhr Mar-Apr 45
Aftermath of Remagen Apr 45
The Rhine Rat Race: March 12-21, 1945
Advance in the North April-May 1945
Advance to the Elbe April 1945
Advance in the South 24 Apr-11 May 1945
The Final Campaign in Germany April-May 1945
Product details
| Published | 31 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 280 |
| ISBN | 9781472826978 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Dimensions | 300 x 242 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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