The Waffen-SS in Normandy. July 1944: July 1944, Operations Goodwood and Cobra - Couverture souple

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Buffetaut, Yves

 
9781612006413: The Waffen-SS in Normandy. July 1944: July 1944, Operations Goodwood and Cobra
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1612006418 ISBN 13 : 9781612006413
Editeur : Casemate Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen-SS panzer divisions during July 1944 in Normandy, including Operations Goodwood and Cobra.

One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped bridgehead until the American breakthrough of late July 1944. The Waffen-SS were no better off than the Heer units and German high command never quite got on top of operations, as the divisions were thrown into the melee one by one.

During the month of June 1944, the Panzer divisions present succeeded in containing the Allies in a small bridgehead. In July, the arrival of more SS divisions should have finally allowed the Germans to counterattack decisively. This was not the reality. The Allies had also strengthened in number and kept the blows coming, one after another. Each SS-Panzer division had a different experience of the fighting in July.

This Casemate Illustrated looks at the divisions one by one throughout Operations Goodwood and Cobra which saw large tank battles and the collapse of the German front in Normandy. It includes over 100 photographs, alongside biographies of the commanders and color profiles of trucks and tanks which played a key role in operations as the Americans succeeded in breaking through the German line of defense.

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À propos de l?auteur

Yves Buffetaut is an internationally respected French military historian and editor of Histoire & Collections major magazine, Militaria. He lives in France.

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Éditeur
Casemate Publishers
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1612006418
ISBN 13 
9781612006413
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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Personne responsable
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