Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers 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 also offers illuminating insights to the conditions in the American landing section and explains how the German troops based there came to be defeated.
Normandy: From Cotentin to Falaise, June-July 1944 is the first full length English translation of the original edition published in German in 1954, ten years after D-Day.
Trade Review[S]hould be read by scholars working on the fighting between the Americans and Germans on the western side of the Normandy front. * Journal of Military History *
Table of ContentsForeword by Matthias Strohn Place Names Maps The first day Up to the fall of Cherbourg The breakthrough of the Americans The Falaise Pocket The Last Days General considerations The daily work of the Intelligence Section of an Army Corps Index
