DESTINATION BERCHTESGADEN by John Frayn Turner and Robert Jackson. (84" x 6"; 192 pages; numerous photographs and end paper maps. Ian Allan Limited - £3.95p). This is the epic story of General Patch's 7th U.S.Army, overshadowed by the spectacular performances of General Patton and his 3rd Army and C'GBneral Hodge's 1st Army, this American formation made a very considerable contribution to the Allied victory and their story in many ways is that of those heady years of victory from the landing in Sicily until May 1945. Beautifully produced with excellen photographs, the book is clearly and objectively written and without over-glorifying this American Army and its feats, does not minimise the hard fighting and slogging that it had to do. To be able to read at such length of a foreign army, although an Ally, makes an interesting experience and I enjoyed reading it. From the wargaming point of view, there is a great deal, both in the pictures and the text, that will serve not only to inform the reader but more important to stimulate him into perhaps recreating on the table-top these typical operations of World War II. More Book Reviews Fortress: A History of Military Defenses The Boer War German Order of Battle 1944 Destination Berchtesgarden Camp Life and Sport in South Africa B-52 Stratofortress in Action Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 167 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com