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IKE'S LAST BATTLE : The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945
IKE'S LAST BATTLE The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945 Author:Charles Whiting March - April 1945. Victory for the Allies was only a matter of time. Two great armies were racing towards each other crushing German resistance in their path. — Berlin was the prize, which the Soviets were in the event to seize. Instead Eisenhower, always more a political, rather than military, figure opted to destroy the German armies in and ar... more »ound the Ruhr. Churchill's warnings were ignored and Mongomery's plans overruled. What drove the decision-making at this vital time? Was it high level strategy or naked personal ambition? Charles Whiting sets out to examine the facts in his own distinctive style and reach a conclusion, no matter how unpalatable. ?« less