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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101841762962
ISBN-139781841762968
eBay Product ID (ePID)1976658
Product Key Features
Book TitleOperation Cobra 1944 : Breakout from Normandy
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Strategy, Modern / 20th Century, Europe / General
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes, Bryan, Tony
GenreHistory
AuthorSteven J. Zaloga
Book SeriesCampaign Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number88
Dewey Decimal940.54/214
Edition DescriptionDigital original
Table Of ContentOrigins of the Campaign Chronology Opposing Commanders Opposing Armies Opposing Plans The breakout at St. Lo Third Army unleashed The Avranches counterattack The Falaise Pocket Aftermath Bibliography Index
SynopsisOne of the most decisive months of World War II (1939-1945) was the 30 days between 25 July and 25 August 1944. After the success of the D-Day landings, the Allied forces found themselves bogged down in a bloody stalemate in Normandy. On 25 July General Bradley launched Operation Cobra to break the deadlock. 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 title Steve Zaloga explains how the breakout from Normandy came about.
