Simon Forty
Normandy 1944: The Battle for Caen: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Normandy 1944: The Battle for Caen: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
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During the Normandy campaign, the city of Caen was a D-Day objective for the British and Canadian troops of Second Army. The two-month struggle was a crucial stage, and Simon Forty's photographic history provides a detailed account of the opposing forces, conditions, terrain, equipment, and weaponry deployed. The reasons for the slow Allied advance have been disputed, but a sequence of Allied operations eventually sapped the defenders' strength, and the photographs selected for this book record the character of the fighting and show how even the SS divisions and heavy tank battalions were defeated.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 16 April 2018
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
On June 6, 1944, the British and Canadian troops of the Second Army failed to capture Caen, a crucial D-Day objective. It took until August 6 for them to conquer the city, by which time much of it had been reduced to rubble. This two-month struggle was a pivotal stage in the Normandy campaign and one of the most controversial. Simon Forty, in this photographic history, provides a detailed and graphic account of the opposing forces, the conditions, the terrain, the equipment, and weaponry deployed. His account offers a fascinating insight into the intensity and protracted nature of the fighting on the ground. The reasons for the slow Allied advance have been hotly debated. Deficiencies in British and Canadian equipment and tactics have been blamed, as has the tenacity of the German resistance. Ultimately, a sequence of Allied operations, including Perch, Martlet, Epsom, Windsor, Charnwood, Jupiter, Atlantic, and Goodwood, sapped the defenders' strength. These operations are strongly featured in the striking photographs selected for this book, which vividly capture the character of the fighting and demonstrate how even the SS divisions and heavy tank battalions were eventually defeated.
Weight: 422g
Dimension: 243 x 190 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526723758
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