St Lo 1944 - The Battle of the Hedgerows

Following the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, the First US Army engaged in a six-week struggle to break out of the Normandy beach-head. The hedgerow country of lower Normandy, called the Bocage, presented unanticipated tactical problems since it proved to be ideal for German infantry defense. This book examines the brutal attritional struggle in June-July 1944 to overcome the determined German defense and secure St Lo. The city was the site of a crucial cross-roads and was thus a vital target for the invading Allied forces; the initial bombing attacks were so severe that the journalist and poet Samuel Beckett would later report that it had been ''bombed out of existence in one night''. The attack by ground forces turned into a brutal attritional struggle to overcome the determined German defense. Using full-colour artwork, photographs and maps, this is the engaging story of one of the key engagements in the Battle of Normandy.>

About the author

Steven J. Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm, where he covers missile and drone technology as well as international arms transfers for clients in the aerospace industry and the government. He served for more than two decades as an adjunct staff member with the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank, retiring in 2021. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Steven J Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Steven J. (Author) Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Assisted by: Steve Noon (Illustration), Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781472816931
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-1693-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 244 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Campaign; Campaign
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; France, European History, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United States of America, USA, General and world history, Battles & campaigns, c 1940 to c 1949, History and Archaeology, Battles and campaigns, D-Day; Normandy; First US Army; German; St Lô