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The Waffen-Ss in Normandy - July 1944, Operations Goodwood and Cobra (Paperback)
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The Waffen-Ss in Normandy - July 1944, Operations Goodwood and Cobra (Paperback)
Series: Casemate Illustrated
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One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the
German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than
the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped
bridgehead until the American breakthrough of late July 1944. The
Waffen-SS were no better off than the Heer units and German high
command never quite got on top of operations, as the divisions were
thrown into the melee one by one. During the month of June 1944,
the Panzer divisions present succeeded in containing the Allies in
a small bridgehead. In July, the arrival of more SS divisions
should have finally allowed the Germans to counter-attack
decisively. This was not the reality. The Allies had also
strengthened in number and kept the blows coming, one after
another. Each SS-Panzer division had a different experience of the
fighting in July. This Casemate Illustrated looks at the divisions
one by one throughout Operations Goodwood and Cobra which saw large
tank battles and the collapse of the German front in Normandy. It
includes over 100 photographs, alongside biographies of the
commanders and color profiles of trucks and tanks which played a
key role in operations as the Americans succeeded in breaking
through the German line of defense.
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