The Falaise Pocket / Casemate Illustrated (ePub)
Normandy, August 1944
(Sprache: Englisch)
This WWII military history explores the dramatic turning point of the Battle of Normandy-illustrated throughout with archival photos and maps.
On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces embarked on Operation Overlord with the first wave of Normandy landings....
On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces embarked on Operation Overlord with the first wave of Normandy landings....
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This WWII military history explores the dramatic turning point of the Battle of Normandy-illustrated throughout with archival photos and maps.
On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces embarked on Operation Overlord with the first wave of Normandy landings. But it wasn't until August of that year that the tide of the battle-and the entire war-began to turn. The decisive moment came at the Battle of the Falaise Pocket.
The German Army had managed to hold back the Allies for months, but its resources were running out, and the Allies ruled the skies. As the Allies began to push South and East, Hitler refused to permit Field Marshal von Kluge, the commander of Army Group B, to withdraw. General Montgomery ordered the Allied armies to converge on the Falaise area on August 8th, and by August 21st they had some 50,000 Germans surrounded.
While many German soldiers did escape the encirclement, the losses were catastrophic. By the end of the month, Army Group B had retreated across the Seine, ending the battle of Normandy. This illustrated account examines the battle from the failed offensive at Mortain, looking at both German and Allied perspectives, using maps, diagrams and profiles to complete the story.
On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces embarked on Operation Overlord with the first wave of Normandy landings. But it wasn't until August of that year that the tide of the battle-and the entire war-began to turn. The decisive moment came at the Battle of the Falaise Pocket.
The German Army had managed to hold back the Allies for months, but its resources were running out, and the Allies ruled the skies. As the Allies began to push South and East, Hitler refused to permit Field Marshal von Kluge, the commander of Army Group B, to withdraw. General Montgomery ordered the Allied armies to converge on the Falaise area on August 8th, and by August 21st they had some 50,000 Germans surrounded.
While many German soldiers did escape the encirclement, the losses were catastrophic. By the end of the month, Army Group B had retreated across the Seine, ending the battle of Normandy. This illustrated account examines the battle from the failed offensive at Mortain, looking at both German and Allied perspectives, using maps, diagrams and profiles to complete the story.
Autoren-Porträt von Yves Buffetaut
Yves Buffetaut is an internationally respected French military historian and editor of Histoire & Collections major magazine, Militaria. He lives in France.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Yves Buffetaut
- 2020, 128 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Casemate Publishers (Ignition)
- ISBN-10: 1612007287
- ISBN-13: 9781612007281
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2020
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