Ken Ford

Caen 1944 (eBook, PDF)

Montgomery's break-out attempt
Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen.

General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially devastated and its civilian population decimated. The Allies paid a high price for Caen but the horrific German casualties bled their forces in Normandy white.

In this concise, illustrated volume, Ken Ford shows how Caen helped open the way for the American breakout in Operation Cobra.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846036651
• Artikelnr.: 44868334

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 Campaign
Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
D-Day and the drive for Caen
Operation Epsom
Operation Charnwood
Operation Goodwood
The fall of Caen and the aftermath
The battlefield today
Bibliography
Index