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Falaise 1944 - Death of an Army

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Western Front

Last Stocked on 9/8/2024

Product Info

Title
Falaise 1944 - Death of an Army
Publisher
Category
Author
Ken Ford
Publish Year
2005
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.33"
NKG Part #
2147394202
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM149
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM149

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 motorized units to wage a more mobile war against the German static defensive tactics. At Falaise, the armored 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 armor and equipment were lost.