The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. It was also the crucible of combat tactics and logistic techniques that would decide the outcome of the Second World War... The Battle of Normandy began on D-Day. June 6, 1944 the day that the Allied forces launched the great crusade to free Europe from the iron grip of Nazi Germany. Tightly constricted hedgerow country and bitter German resistance held the Allied advance to a crawl until they broke through and trapped the Nazi armies. Yet within weeks of this stunning disaster, the Germans smashed the most dangerous Allied offensive yet. How was this possible? Noted author John Prados answers this vexing question with an account that reframes the Normandy breakout. Shifting between battle action and command decisions on both sides, Normandy Crucible lucidly illustrates how this campaign moulded the climactic battle for Europe.
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Weight: 483g
Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
Publication Date: 15 Apr 2019
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781445678832
About John Prados
John Prados is a senior research fellow on national security affairs including foreign affairs intelligence and military history at the National Security Archive. He is an award-winning author of 22 books most recently THE FAMILY JEWELS: The CIA Secrecy and Presidential Power and ISLANDS OF DESTINY: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun. In addition to three Pulitzer Prize nominations Prados is the recipient of the Henry Adams Prize in American History and the notable book award from the United States Naval Institute. He holds a PhD in International Relations from Colombia University and is a contributing editor to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History.