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The Falaise Gap Battles - Normandy 1944 (Past & Present)
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- Condition
- Special Attributes
- Illustrated
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- Subject
- Military & War
- ISBN
- 9781612005386
- EAN
- 9781612005386
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Falaise Gap Battles : Normandy 1944
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Item Length
- 9.8in
- Publisher
- Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Pictorial
- Item Width
- 7.2in
- Number of Pages
- 64 Pages
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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 Armored 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 escape 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.
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Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-10
1612005381
ISBN-13
9781612005386
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234194112
Product Key Features
Book Title
Falaise Gap Battles : Normandy 1944
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Pictorial
Publication Year
2017
Genre
History
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
7.2in
Additional Product Features
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D756.5.F34
Reviews
The titles in the 'Past & Present' series are very much worthwhile having on the bookshelf, as a reference work, or to be enjoyed as a general read.", "The latest array of titles in Casemate's Past and Present series offers a superb mix of maps and photographs, supplemented by brief but informative text...Outstanding value in terms of both quality and price." *Winner of the 'Miniature Wargames Recommends' award for January 2018*", This series of books have been planned and executed by Casemate with panache...They would make ideal Christmas presents for younger history buffs because each volume offers just about enough in a single sitting. I cannot fault them.
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.5421422
Series
Past and Present Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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