From Victory to Stalemate by Dick, Charles J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Maps Foreword by David M. Glantz Acknowledgments Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Selected Foreign Words Introduction 1. Immature Armies

Concepts of War Fighting The Challenges of Command The American, British, and Canadian Armies in 1944 Conclusions

2. The Tipping Point

The First Seven Weeks, 6 June–25 July 1944 The Land Situation on the Eve of the Breakout Airpower and the Land Campaign Operations behind German Lines Operational-Level Intelligence Conclusions

3. July: Breakthrough and Near Breakthrough

Operation Cobra Immediate Post-Cobra Operations: 1–6 August Operation Bluecoat Operational Art and Generalship

4. August: Incomplete Encirclements

Operations of 12 Army Group: From Cobra to the Falaise Pocket Operations of 21 Army Group: From Bluecoat to the Falaise Pocket The Falaise Pocket and the Deep Encirclement Operational Art and Generalship in August Conclusions

5. September: Operational Ideas and Developments on the Ground

Rival Concepts of Operations Allied Intelligence and the German Situation until Mid-September From Pursuit to Culmination Back to Stalemate: The Autumn Campaign

6. Logistic Realities

The Logistic System The System at Work: Growing Problems and Failures Operational Consequences of Logistic Failure Logistic Realities and Conclusions

7. Command, Operational Art, and Generalship

Issues of Command Concepts of Operations, Generalship, and Operational Art Operational Art and Generalship in September Conclusions

Postscript Notes Selected Bibliography Index Back Cover