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Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive
| Author | : Bill Yenne |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Operation Cobra, 1944 |
| ISBN | : 9780743458825 |
From an acclaimed writer of military history comes a stunning account of the 60 days following the Allied breakout from Normandy to the liberation of Paris. black-and-white photos. Original.
Liberation of Paris 1944
| Author | : Steven J. Zaloga |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2011-03-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1846038421 |
A highly illustrated account of the Liberation of Paris during World War II. In July 1944, Operation Cobra broke the stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The Allied commanders had ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to liberate his nation's capital. Steven J Zaloga first describes the operations of Patton's Third Army as it advanced towards Paris before focussing on the actions of the Resistance forces inside the city and of the Free French armoured division that fought its way in and joined up with them to liberate it on the 24th August. On the back of this morale-boosting victory, De Gaulle could finally proclaim Paris to be liberated, as one of the world's loveliest cities survived Hitler's strident command that it should be held at all costs or razed to the ground.
War Stories: D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
| Author | : Robert O. Babcock |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2014-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781941165003 |
At H-Hour on D-Day-June 6, 1944-the 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, becoming the first Allied division to land on the shores of Normandy, France. For the next eleven months, the 4ID fought across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany until the war in Europe ended on May 8, 1945. The division suffered over 30,000 casualties-killed and wounded. This book, the first of a three-book series, tells the history of the 4th Infantry Division in WWII through the stories of those who fought the battles. Volume I of this two-volume series covers: The D-Day landing The fight to liberate the port of Cherbourg The hedgerow fighting through June and July 1944 Operation Cobra and the St. Lo breakout on July 25, 1944 The continuing fight that culminated with the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. Volume II continues the story with: The breaching of the Siegfried Line on September 11, 1944 The bloodiest fight of the division's history in the Hurtgen Forest Holding the southern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge The fight back through the Siegfried Line, Prum, across the Rhine, and continuing the fight until V-E day on May 8, 1945. Volume III covers the 4ID in Vietnam from 1966 to 1970. These three books are subsets of War Stories: Utah Beach to Pleiku, first published in 2001.
After D-Day
| Author | : James Jay Carafano |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2008-06-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1461750636 |
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.
Fighting the Breakout
| Author | : Freiherr von Luttwitz |
| Publisher | : Frontline Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015-07-30 |
| Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
| ISBN | : 9781848328402 |
This gripping volume charts the progress of the Allied breakout of Normandy through German eyes. Beginning with Operation COBRA and ending with the offensive which led to the liberation of Paris, this critical phase of the war in the west is examined and described by five senior German officers. From staff officers at OKW to divisional generals on
D-Day and the Liberation of France, Updated Edition
| Author | : John Davenport |
| Publisher | : Infobase Holdings, Inc |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 2021-09-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1646936507 |
On the morning of June 6, 1944, the largest and most powerful armada of warships the world had ever seen left southern England bound for the beaches of Normandy. The thousands of American, British, Canadian, Polish, and Norwegian soldiers on board had one mission: invade France and liberate it from the occupation by Nazi Germany. Over the course of the next three months, that is precisely what they, and the Free French troops who would later join them, did. From the sands of beaches code-named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword, through the nearly impenetrable hedgerows of the Norman countryside, and on into the French capital of Paris, the Allied armies drove forward to victory against fierce German opposition. Illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs, and accompanied by a chronology, bibliography, and further resources, D-Day and the Liberation of France, Updated Edition provides a clear and comprehensive account of this remarkable struggle to determine the fate of Western Europe during World War II. Historical spotlights and excerpts from primary source documents are also included.
Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive
| Author | : Bill Yenne |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2010-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1451604211 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF VICTORY Shortly after the D-Day invasion, the Allied forces in Europe had stalled. A limited operation was set in motion to punch a small hole in the enemy defenses, starting on July 25, 1944. It was called Operation Cobra, and it would become one of the greatest offensives in all of military history. In the sixty days following the launch of the operation, the Allies -- commanded by Dwight Eisenhower and led by men such as the irascible General George Patton and General Omar Bradley -- attacked the enemy relentlessly. And what began as a desperate attempt to break a stalemate turned into an unstoppable armored juggernaut that swept the Germans out of virtually all of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Here is a penetrating account of that incredible feat of military skill, bravery, and daring that changed the course of the war, and signaled the end of Germany's domination of Europe.
Operation Cobra 1944
| Author | : Steven J. Zaloga |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 95 |
| Release | : 2011-03-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1846035430 |
After the success of the D-Day landings, the Allied forces were bogged down in a bloody stalemate in Normandy. On 25 July 1944, General Bradley launched Operation Cobra to break the deadlock. What followed was one of the most decisive months of World War II, as US forces punched a hole in the German frontline and began a spectacular advance. As Patton's Third Army poured into Brittany and raced south to the Loire, the German army was threatened with encirclement. By the end of August German forces in Normandy were utterly destroyed, and the remaining German units in central and southern France were in headlong retreat to the German frontier. In this concise, illustrated account, Steven J. Zaloga explains how the breakout from Normandy came about.
