Ken Ford

Falaise 1944

Death of an Army
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 motorised units to wage a more mobile war against the German static defensive tactics. At Falaise, the armoured 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 armour and equipment were lost.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 184mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9781841766263
• ISBN-10: 1841766267
• Artikelnr.: 22046974

Autorenporträt

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry. He now spends his time as an author and a bookseller specialising in military history. He has written a number of books on various Second World War subjects. Ken now lives in Southampton.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of the battle
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Orders of Battle
Opposing Plans
The Breakout Battles
The Advance
Closing the Gap
Destruction of an Army
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index