A command post at war : First Army headquarters in Europe, 1943-1945
Examines the First Army headquarters's response to the test of army-level command during the period from its activation in October 1943 to V-E Day in May 1945. Focusing on the operational level, the level between the grand strategy of nations and theaters and the tactical combat of corps and smaller units, the author analyzes the operations, intelligence, logistical, and administrative functions of the headquarters; the procedures evolved to carry out those functions; and the impact of the personalities and styles of the commander and staff chiefs on the organization. This volume shows the army headquarters of World War II as a complicated organization with functions ranging from immediate supervision of tactical operations to long-range operational planning and the sustained support of frontline units
Print Book, English, 2000
Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C., 2000
History
xiv, 356 pages : illustrations, color plans ; 25 cm
9780160497711, 016049771X
43662157
The American Army headquarters, 1900-1944
Beginnings at Bristol
"To secure a lodgement on the continent"
First test in Normandy
Hodges steps up the pace
Frustration at the west wall
"The rock of Gibraltar" : the First Army headquarters at the Bulge
"First to reach the Rhine ... first to meet the Russians"
Conclusion