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Description
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.
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.
Table of Contents
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Orders of Battle
Opposing Plans
The Breakout Battles
The Advance
Closing the Gap
Destruction of an Army
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index
Product details
| Published | 20 Mar 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781841766263 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 71 b/w; 10 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Campaign |
| Short code | CAM 149 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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