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Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944

By Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.

Book information

Publisher
Praeger Trade
Year
2000
ISBN
027596857X, 9780275968571
LCC
D761 .M58 2000
Open Library ID
OL58703M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1365699 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
302\302
Topic
History
Time added
2011-01-26 19:25:26

Description

The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in France. Mitcham recaptures the taste and feel of the Wehrmacht in 1944 as the thin gray line in Normandy finally snapped, the 5th Panzer and 7th Armies collapsed, and the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a mad dash back to the Reich. From the reactions of soldiers in the field to military decisions at the highest level, this is the story of the Western Front from a German perspective. While finally bringing the Allied juggernaut to a halt on the borders of the Reich itself, this brief success would only delay the inevitable.

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