The Last Offensive (United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations Volume 8)

xvii, 532 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. Includes 27 maps, 92 illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliographical note, glossaries, and index. "...chronicles the operations of all five U.S. armies from early 1945 to V-E Day. Special attention is given to Operation Grenade and the sweep to the Rhine; the seizure of the Remagen bridge; the multiple crossings of the Rhine; and the employment of airborne troops in Operation Varsity. The story ends with the drive to the Elbe and juncture with the Soviets and, in the south, with the occupation of Germany's Alpine Redoubt" (United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide, pp. 70-84).