John Nelson Rickard: 2 books

Book cover of Advance and Destroy

Advance and Destroy

Patton as Commander in the Bulge

by John Nelson Rickard
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011

In the winter of 1944--1945, Hitler sought to divide Allied forces in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Luxembourg and Belgium. He deployed more than 400,000 troops in one of the last major German offensives of the war, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge, in a desperate attempt to...
Book cover of Politics of Command

Politics of Command

Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943

by John Nelson Rickard
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2010

In December 1943, Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton resigned from command of the 1st Canadian Army amidst criticism of his poor generalship and of his abrasive personality. Despite McNaughton's importance to the Canadian Army during the first four years of the Second World War, little has been...
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