Serves as a bridge between the Allied operations in the Mediterranean and those waged in northeast France, covering the Allied landings in southern France and the drive north, the linkup with forces moving east from the Normandy beachhead and subsequent push through the Vosges mountains, and the final conquest and defense of Alsace. In detailing these campaigns, Jeffrey J. Clarke and Robert Ross Smith focus on the operational level of war from August 1944 to early 1945, paying special attention not only to the problems of joint, combined, and special operations but also to the significant roles of logistics, intelligence, and personnel policies.

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Strategy and operations. The debate over southern France ; Command and organization ; Planning for invasion ; German plans and organization ; The plan of assault -- The campaign for southern France. Isolating the target area ; The anvil beachhead ; Breakout: 17-19 August ; The battle of Montelimar ; Pursuit to the north ; Supporting the campaign -- Ordeal in the Vosges. Strategy and operations ; VI Corps at the Moselle ; Approaching the gaps: Saverne ; The road to St. Die ; Approaching the gaps: Belfort ; Into the high Vosges ; The forests of the Meurthe ; The gates of the Vosges -- The November offensive. Planning the November offensive ; Through the Saverne gap ; To the plains of Alsace ; Through the Belfort gap ; Lost opportunities -- The campaign for Alsace. A change in direction ; On the Siegfried Line ; Northwind ; The battle of Alsace ; The Colmar pocket ; Riviera to the Rhine: an evaluation.