The Falaise Gap Battles Normandy 1944

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9781612005386
  • 11 oktober 2017
  • 64 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Photographs old and new reconstruct the fierce fighting around Falaise and Chambois in 1944, providing a vivid comparison between then and now.



The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the Allies had broken loose from the bocage and the Germans’ deep defenses around Caen: by the end of September they would be close to the German border. As US First Army and British Second Army squeezed the western and northern edges of the German salient, so Third Army rushed headlong eastwards and then north to create the lower of two pincers—the other formed as the Canadian First Army and the Polish 1st Armoured Division pushed south of Caen. As could be expected, the Germans did not simply give up: they fought furiously to keep the pincers from closing. When they did, attacks from inside the pocket to break out and outside the pocket to break in led to fierce fighting between Chambois and Argentan. When the dust settled, between 80,000 and 100,000 troops had been trapped by the Allied encirclement. Estimates vary considerably, but it seems safe to say that at least 10,000 of the German forces were killed and around 50,000 became PoWs. The rest, however, escaped, but without most of their equipment, destroyed in the battle or abandoned in the retreat over the Seine. Those that did were subsequently to reform, rearm and conduct an effective defense into late 1944.

The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past together with concise explanatory text. It shows how much infrastructure has remained and how much such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera has changed, providing a coherent link between now and then.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
11 oktober 2017
Aantal pagina's
64
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Simon Forty
Tweede Auteur
Leo Marriott
Hoofduitgeverij
Onbekend

Overige kenmerken

Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
184 mm
Product lengte
248 mm
Studieboek
Ja
Verpakking breedte
61 mm
Verpakking hoogte
11 mm
Verpakking lengte
84 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
46 g

EAN

EAN
9781612005386

Reviews

1 review
0
1
0
0
0
  • Toegankelijk en makkelijk leesbaar informatief boek

    Positieve punten

    • Toegankelijk
    • makkelijk leesbaar

    Negatieve punten

    • beperkt in diepgang

    Een interessant en makkelijk leesbaar boek met de belangrijkste informatie over de Falaise Gap.

    Vond je dit een nuttige review?
    0
    0

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 13 euro en 99 cent.
Uiterlijk 5 juni in huis
Verkoop door bol
  • Gratis verzending door bol vanaf 20 euro
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice

Vaak samen gekocht