Falaise 1944: Death Of An Army - Couverture souple

Ford, Ken

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841766267 ISBN 13 : 9781841766263

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The battle around Falaise in Normandy during August 1944 saw the destruction of the German Seventh army. This book details the chain of events which led to the German retreat and the ensuing liberation of France during World War II (1939-1945). The British and American breakout battles had released motorised units to wage a more mobile war against the German static defensive tactics. At Falaise, the armoured units of US Third Army encircled the German Seventh Army, squeezed them into an ever-smaller cauldron of chaos and crushed them against the advancing British Second Army. The results were devastating: those troops able to escape the disaster fled, those who remained were killed or captured and vast quantities of armour and equipment were lost.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost 30 years in the telecommunications industry. He is now a bookseller specialising in military history, and an author, having written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Previous titles for Osprey in the Campaign series include volumes 127: ‘Dieppe 1942’ and 134: ‘Cassino 1944’.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1841766267
• ISBN 13: 9781841766263
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Illustrateur: Gerrard Howard