Early years -- The interwar years -- Marshall recognizes Devers -- Chief of armored force -- The debate over doctrine -- Commander, ETO -- Deputy supreme commander, MTO -- The French and a Southern Front -- Dragooned -- Up the Rhône Valley -- An end to champagne -- Into the cold Vosges -- Cross the Rhine? -- Throw down at Vittel and its aftermath -- Nordwind strikes Devers -- The Colmar Pocket finally collapses -- Undertone to Austria -- Postwar.