After D-Day - Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout

Informationen zum Autor James Jay Carafano, a retired army lieutenant colonel, has taught at West Point, the Naval War College, National Defense University, and Georgetown. He lives near Washington, DC. Klappentext After storming the beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of France bogged down in seven weeks of grueling attrition in Normandy. On July 25, U.S. divisions under Gen. Omar Bradley launched Operation Cobra, an attempt to break out of the hedgerows and begin a war of movement across France. Despite a disastrous start, with misdropped bombs killing hundreds of GIs, Cobra proved to be one of the most pivotal battles of World War II, successfully breaking the stalemate in Normandy and clearing a path into occupied France. Zusammenfassung After storming the beaches on D-Day! June 6! 1944! the Allied invasion of France bogged down in seven weeks of grueling attrition in Normandy. On July 25! U.S. divisions under Gen. Omar Bradley launched Operation Cobra! an attempt to break out of the hedgerows and begin a war of movement against the Germans.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Jay Carafano
• Verlag: Stackpole Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.10.2008
• EAN: 9780811734875
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3487-5
• Seiten: 294
• Serien: Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945); Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung