Montgomery and Colossal Cracks: The 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45Bloomsbury Academic, 2000 M05 30 - 214 pages A reinterpretation of the British Army's conduct in the crucial 1944-45 Northwest Europe campaign, this work examines systematically the Colossal Cracks operational technique employed by Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group and demonstrates the key significance that morale and casualty concerns exerted on this technique. To ensure a full understanding of the campaign, one needs to look not only at Montgomery's methods but at those of his army commanders, Dempsey and Crerar; thus, this study addresses the scant attention to date paid to these two figures. Hart suggests that Montgomery and his two senior subordinates handled this formation more effectively than some scholars have suggested. In fact, Colossal Cracks, the concentration of massive force at a point of German weakness, represented the most appropriate weapon the 1944 British Army could develop under the circumstances. |
References to this book
The Second World War: Volume 6 North West Europe 1944-1945, Volume 6 Russell A. Hart,Stephen Hart,Andrew Wiest No preview available - 2003 |