This is the story of the battle for the Geilenkirchen Salient in 1944 told through the eyes of those who were there, and the Germans fighting desperately for their homeland. The battle was the first on German soil since 1759 and it was infantry warfare at its worst.
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Assault on Germany by Ken Ford
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Table of Contents
The problem of Geilenkirchen; the Wessexmen and the railsplitters; into the line; preparations for battle; the attack; Prummern; the British attack; the first night; consolidation; Geilenkirchen; the second night; Monday 20th November 1944; the attack down the Wurm Valley; the tragedy of Hoven Beeck; attack, attack and attack again; the rain, the mud and the blood; stalemate.
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