Publisher's Synopsis
The D-Day landings got Allied forces onto mainland Europe but the battle for the essential foothold of Normandy was destined to be tortuous and drawn out. This clear and comprehensive description enables the reader to chart how German forces sought to prevent the Allied troops from moving inland and the tactics used by the latter to ensure the necessary base from which to begin their recapturing of France was completed. The author tracks the action, the tactics and strategies, the close-quarter fighting and the advances and reversals on both sides. Had the Germans held out in Normandy for just a few more weeks, or inflicted a still greater casualty count, then the story of World War Two might have been so different. The Normandy campaign was one of the most intense of the war and is still avidly studied by historians, the serving soldier, modellers and wargamers; its battlefields are still visited by thousands every year.
