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After D-Day - Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout

By: Stackpole Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Military History Series (Stackpole Books)

Last Stocked on 3/6/2013

Product Info

Title
After D-Day - Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout
Publisher
Category
Author
James Carafano
Publish Year
2008
Pages
296
Dimensions
6x9x.8"
NKG Part #
2147482743
Type
Softcover

Description

After storming the beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of France bogged down in seven weeks of grueling attrition in Normandy. On July 25, U.S. divisions under Gen. Omar Bradley launched Operation Cobra, an attempt to break out of the hedgerows and begin a war of movement across France. Despite a disastrous start, with misdropped bombs killing hundreds of GIs, Cobra proved to be one of the most pivotal battles of World War II, successfully breaking the stalemate in Normandy and clearing a path into occupied France.