{"product_id":"b0drtgcwj1","title":"West Wall: The Battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line (The Siegfried Line Campaign Book 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA detailed account of the long and deadly battle for Hitler’s Siegfried Line during World War Two from September 1944 to March 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the perfect read for fans of Charles B. MacDonald, Tim Saunders, Samuel W. Mitcham Jr, and Steven J. Zaloga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe battle for the Siegfried Line or Germany’s West Wall covered a front of 350 miles and cost the allies (British, Canadian, American and French), during six long and bloody months, over a quarter of a million casualties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt in secret by Hitler between 1936-39 at enormous expense and regarded as a ‘white elephant’ by many it was widely mocked, becoming the subject of a popular comic song among allied troops singing how they ‘would hang their dirty washing’ on the Siegfried Line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the time little did anyone expect it to cause the war to be extended by six months at such an enormous cost to human life and to be the scene of the biggest battle fought by the United States in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book author Charles Whiting, using numerous historical sources including books, articles and interviews contends that rather than being viewed as a series of separate engagements, what happened during this time at the Seigfried Line should be recognised as the single most important battle of the entire war in the west.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing vivid descriptions and direct quotes from allied commanders and soldiers, Whiting recounts the critical decisions that were made and the suffering and trauma experienced by those on the ground in the most horrific battlefield conditions as they tried time and again to break through Hitler’s impregnable fortified line.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67975436828708,"sku":"YSL63572","price":3.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/81nNiT8gx8L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793607018","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b0drtgcwj1","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}