Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing, 1903. 265, fold-out maps, footnotes, errata, index, weakness to front board, board corners and spine edges worn. More

Washington, DC: United States Army, Office of the Chief of Military History, 1968. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 549, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Appendices. Sources. Glossary. Code Names. Index. Cover has some wear. This is the first to be completed of three projected volumes covering military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II in Europe. Earl Frederick Ziemke (December 16, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an American military historian whose work was mainly on World War II and especially the Soviet-German clash in Eastern Europe. Earl Ziemke served in the Marines during World War II. He fought in the Battle of Peleliu and then won the Purple Heart for wounds received in the assault on Okinawa. After his discharge, he used the G.I. Bill to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1955 to 1967, he was an official historian for the United States Army’s Office of the Chief of Military History. In 1967, he went to the University of Georgia as a full professor and in 1977, he rose to the rank of research professor. He retired in 1993 as Research Professor Emeritus. More