CONTENTS

ORIGINS OF THE BATTLE

CHRONOLOGY

THE STRATEGIC SETTING

THE OPPOSING COMMANDERS

German Commanders    American and French Commanders

OPPOSING PLANS

German plans    American Plans

THE OPPOSING ARMIES

Wehrmacht    US Army    French Army

THE CAMPAIGN

Operation Nordwind    The Strasbourg Controversy    Shifting the Schwerpunkt
Hatten-Rittershoffen    The Gambsheim Cancer    Operation Cheerful: Strangling the Colmar Pocket

AFTERMATH

THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY

FURTHER READING