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Colossal Cracks: Montgomery's 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 Paperback - 2007

by Stephen Ashley Hart


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  • The Allied campaign for Northwest Europe as seen from a British and Canadian perspective

    A reinterpretation of the British Army's conduct in the crucial 1944-45 Northwest Europe campaign, this work examines the "Colossal Cracks" operational technique employed by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group. Rooted in concerns about morale and casualties, "Colossal Cracks" was a cautious, firepower-laden approach that involved the concentration of massive force at points of German weakness. Hart argues that Montgomery and his two senior subordinates handled this formation more effectively than some scholars have suggested and that "Colossal Cracks" represented the most appropriate weapon the British Army could develop under the circumstances.

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    This study examines the manner in which the 21st Army Group conducted the Northwest Europe campaign of 6 June 1944-8 May 1945.

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    • Title Colossal Cracks: Montgomery's 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45
    • Author Stephen Ashley Hart
    • Binding Paperback
    • Edition First Edition
    • Pages 256
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg
    • Date January 30, 2007
    • Illustrated Yes
    • ISBN 9780811733830 / 0811733831
    • Weight 0.06 lbs (0.03 kg)
    • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.64 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.63 cm)
    • Reading level 1750
    • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western, Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery
    • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006024171
    • Dewey Decimal Code 940.541
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