Normandy Beyond the Beaches - Jon Diamond

Descriere Normandy Beyond the Beaches - Jon Diamond

...one of the best books in the series... a real feast for the eyes. -ModelingMadness.Com \n \nThis latest Images of War series book examines the controversial development of the Allied campaign in Normandy in the weeks after the D-Day landings. After overcoming Rommel's beach obstacles and 'Atlantic Wall' fortifications, a secure Allied lodgment of the five beaches developed along the Caen-Bayeux-Carentan axis with a period of consolidation while reinforcements and supplies were built up. \n \nThe early arrival of 12th SS Hitlerjugend, 21st Panzer and the Panzer Lehr Divisions delayed Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian capture of Caen until mid-July and prevented an early breakout into the countryside inland from Gold, Juno and Sword which was suitable for armoured combat. \n \nAn early American goal was to cut the Cotentin Peninsula in two at its southern base to prevent the Germans from supplying and strengthening the deep-water port of Cherbourg, which U.S. VII Corps captured on 26 June. \n \nInland from Omaha and Utah, the close 'bocage' country proved advantageous to the German defenders. The Allied breakout occurred at the end of July with Bradley's Operation COBRA near St. Lo followed by the entire Allied front first moving to close the Falaise Gap before heading southward and then pivoting to the east for the capture of the Seine River crossings. \n \nThese crucial and testing weeks for the Allies are described in graphic contemporary images with full captions and authoritative text.

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Pen & Sword Military

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9781399032063

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1

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