Operations Totalize and Tractable : battle of Normandy

Beginning of August 1944, while the Americans were throwing
their armies into Brittany following on their breakthrough
at Avranches, the Canadians and British were still stuck to
the south of Caen, confronting the elite of the Panzer divisions.
However, several German armoured units were withdrawn to
counter the German menace and at last the Allies had a glimpse
of possibly capturing Falaise, the last lynchpin in the enemy
defences in Normandy. Two operations launched in almost as
many days, Totalize and Tractable, got the Canadians, British and
Poles to the gates of that town. But those few miles were terribly
difficult to cover for the 2nd Canadian Corps which was given
the task. Despite ingenious planning, superior firepower and air
support the Allied units, either much weakened or still lacking
experience, paid the supreme price to get within sight of the walls
of William the Conqueror's birthplace.

Product details

• Authors: , Alan McKay, Ludovic Fortin, Ludovic Fortin
• Assisted by: Antonin Collet (Illustration), Nicolas Gohin (Illustration)
• Publisher: Histoire et Collections
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2008
• EAN: 9782352500537
• ISBN: 978-2-35250-053-7
• No. of pages: 81
• Weight: 350 g
• Series: Men & Battles; Men and battles, n° 11; Men and battles, n° 2; Men and battles, n° 12; Men & Battles; Men and Battles; Men and battles, n° 2; Men and battles, n° 4; Men and battles, n° 12
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History