During the race across France after the break out of Normandy, the pace was slowed before the city of Matz. BG James A. Van Fleet's 90th Infantry Division provided a spearhead for the XX Corps advance. The crossing of the Moselle River in November in the face of extensive enemy fortifications provide valuable lessons in the conduct of hasty river crossing operations under fire. (Author)
Moselle River Crossing: Offensive, Deliberate Assault, River Crossing, 9-19 November 1944
1984
98 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Military operations , Battles , Military tactics , France , Infantry , Division level organizations , Rivers , Crossings , Military forces(United States) , Military forces(Foreign) , Germany(East and West) , Army operations , Case studies , Tactical analysis , History , Tactical warfare , Military intelligence , Antitank warfare , Armor , Artillery , Tanks(Combat vehicles) , Moselle River , River crossings , World War 2 , Offensive operations , Deliberate assault , Battle analysis , Battlebook , 90th Infantry Division , 19th Volksgrenadier , 416th Infantry Division(German) , Military history , Hasty river crossings
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