The Battle for the Rhine, Robin Neillands
The Battle for the Rhine, Robin Neillands
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The Battle for the Rhine
The Battle of the Bulge and the Ardennes Campaign, 1944

Author: Robin Neillands

Narrator: James Adams

Unabridged: 12 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

The postNormandy battles that the Allies fought as they struggled for seven months to advance from the Seine to the Rhine were complex and controversial. Even after sixty years, the questions remain of who was responsible for the failure at Nijmegen, the destruction of the British First Airborne Division at Arnhem, and the failure of Operation Market Garden. Could the war in Europe have been won in 1944 with better strategies? Historian Robin Neillands gets to the truth of what really happened. He examines the often difficult relationships between the Allied generals and the nature of Eisenhowers exercise of his role as Supreme Commander. With superb battle narratives throughout and clear analysis of success and failure at every point, the author casts a new and informed light on the longdrawnout and costly struggle for the Rhine.

About Robin Neillands

Robin Neillands, a former Royal Marines commando, has been described as “one of Britain’s most readable military historians” (Birmingham Post). Author of more than forty books, he is noted for his careful research and clear, lively accounts of complex battles and matters of command. His previous book, The Battle of Normandy 1944, was hailed by the Sunday Timesas one of the best military histories of its year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dj on May 24, 2016

This book points out some of the best and worst things that can come about from studying history. The author seems to have come into this project with a goal and thus is at times more focused on this agenda than on presenting the facts. His Agenda is a simple one and one that doesn't lack in merit.......more

Goodreads review by Tom on July 02, 2011

This is a deeply detailed and exhaustively research account from the first hours after D-Day up to The Battle of the Bulge. Sometimes repetetive as a Montogmery apologist, this author also takes Patton down a few notches. This account makes for good balanced reading to the dramatic and simplified po......more

Goodreads review by James on March 01, 2021

A bit of Ike bashing to boost Monty's historical legacy This is a well-being and needed history of the campaign across France after the breakout from Normandy. The author makes a strong well-supported case that American commander sympathies towards Montgomery have unfairly tarnished his military repu......more

Goodreads review by Jemma on January 15, 2018

An enlightening account of what happened between the breakout from Normandy in August '44 and January '45. Not really a book to bother with though unless you are interested in such details as why did it take the Allies so long to make the Rhine when things were going so well? Of course, parts of the......more

Goodreads review by Steven A Lemmel on June 12, 2017

A well written, well researched historical analysis of the time period. He argues logically that General Eisenhower's strategy from September through December 1944, was ineffective and may have prolonged the war several months. He hails Eisenhower as a great Supreme commander, but an indifferent gro......more

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