Bibliograph

Normandy, from Cotentin to Falaise, June-July 1944

Type

Label

Normandy, from Cotentin to Falaise, June-July 1944

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Normandy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Die Wehrmacht im Kampf

Sub title

from Cotentin to Falaise, June-July 1944

Summary

The German view of D-Day, written by an Army Corps intelligence officer in Normandy at the time of the Allied invasion published in English for the first time. A unique perspective on the decisive early weeks of the invasion in 1944, written by a German Army Corps Intelligence officer stationed in Normandy at the time of the Allied invasion, who during the invasion was the department head for enemy messages processing (Ic) in the staff of the LXXXIV AK. It discusses in detail the events leading up to the creation of Falaise Pocket, described by the author as "tragic turning point of an entire front." It discusses in detail the conditions in the American landing section and explains how the German troops based there came to be defeated

Target audience

adult

Classification