Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp

“For both students of the German Army in World War II as well as those interested in the late 1944 campaign, this is a must-read” ( The NYMAS Review ). As the Allies were approaching the German frontier at the beginning of September 1944, the German Armed Forces attempted to regain the strategic initiative. While the “wonder weapons,” such as the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 missile, and the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, are widely recognized as being the most prominent of these initiatives upon