Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in history from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Introduction | p. 5 |
The strategic situation | |
Chronology | p. 9 |
Opposing Commanders | p. 11 |
German commanders | |
Allied commanders | |
Opposing Forces | p. 16 |
Wehrmacht | |
The Allies | |
Opposing Plans | p. 32 |
German plans | |
Allied plans | |
The Campaign | p. 36 |
Opening moves | |
Special Forces missions | |
Storming Alpha | |
In the center: Delta Beach Disaster averted: Camel Beach | |
The German reaction | |
Plans reassessed | |
Liberation of the ports The liberation of Toulon | |
The liberation of Marseille | |
The Montélimar battle square The race to Dijon | |
Aftermath | p. 89 |
The Battlefields Today | p. 92 |
Further Reading | p. 93 |
Index | p. 95 |
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