Operation Cobra 1944

Breakout from Normandy

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Operation Cobra 1944

Breakout from Normandy

Description

After the success of the D-Day landings, the Allied forces were bogged down in a bloody stalemate in Normandy. On 25 July 1944, General Bradley launched Operation Cobra to break the deadlock.

What followed was one of the most decisive months of World War II, as US forces punched a hole in the German frontline and began a spectacular advance. As Patton's Third Army poured into Brittany and raced south to the Loire, the German army was threatened with encirclement. By the end of August German forces in Normandy were utterly destroyed, and the remaining German units in central and southern France were in headlong retreat to the German frontier.

In this concise, illustrated account, Steven J. Zaloga explains how the breakout from Normandy came about.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The breakout at St. Lo
Third Army unleashed
The Avranches counterattack
The Falaise Pocket

Aftermath
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published 20 Jan 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472800053
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 94 b/w; 10 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 88
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from U…

Illustrator

Tony Bryan

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