The Falaise Gap Battles

Author : Simon Forty
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 161200539X
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Falaise Gap Battles written by Simon Forty and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great book” on the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the series that brings World War II battles to life (Army Rumour Service). The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944, and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory—all made possible by Operation Cobra . . . As US First Army and British Second Army squeezed the western and northern edges of the German salient, so Third Army rushed headlong eastwards and then north to create the lower of two pincers—the other formed as the Canadian First Army and the Polish 1st Armored Division pushed south of Caen. As could be expected, the Germans did not simply give up: they fought furiously to keep the pincers from closing. When they did, attacks from inside the pocket to break out and outside the pocket to break in led to fierce fighting between Chambois and Argentan. When the dust settled, between 80,000 and 100,000 troops had been trapped by the Allied encirclement. Estimates vary considerably, but it seems safe to say that at least 10,000 of the German forces were killed and around 50,000 became PoWs. The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past together with concise explanatory text. It shows how much infrastructure has remained and how much such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera has changed, providing a coherent link between now and then.

Author : Paul Latawski
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780752476636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Falaise Pocket written by Paul Latawski and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Stroud: Sutton, 2004.

Author : Yves Buffetaut
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612007287
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Falaise Pocket written by Yves Buffetaut and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This WWII military history explores the dramatic turning point of the Battle of Normandy—illustrated throughout with archival photos and maps. On June 6th, 1944, the Allied forces embarked on Operation Overlord with the first wave of Normandy landings. But it wasn’t until August of that year that the tide of the battle—and the entire war—began to turn. The decisive moment came at the Battle of the Falaise Pocket. The German Army had managed to hold back the Allies for months, but its resources were running out, and the Allies ruled the skies. As the Allies began to push South and East, Hitler refused to permit Field Marshal von Kluge, the commander of Army Group B, to withdraw. General Montgomery ordered the Allied armies to converge on the Falaise area on August 8th, and by August 21st they had some 50,000 Germans surrounded. While many German soldiers did escape the encirclement, the losses were catastrophic. By the end of the month, Army Group B had retreated across the Seine, ending the battle of Normandy. This illustrated account examines the battle from the failed offensive at Mortain, looking at both German and Allied perspectives, using maps, diagrams and profiles to complete the story.

Author : Martin Blumenson
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306804038
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masters Of The Art Of Command written by Martin Blumenson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1990-08-22 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eddy Florentin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of the Falaise Gap written by Eddy Florentin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Rohmer
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : General Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patton's Gap written by Richard Rohmer and published by Don Mills, Ont. : General Pub.. This book was released on 1981 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Sidney Lucas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Normandy, the Falaise Gap written by James Sidney Lucas and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a disaster for the Germans in August 1944. This books sets the battle in the context of Allied Strategy in Northern Europe. Having set the scene, the readers is led through each phase of the action. The particular strength is that it draws heavily on German sources giving the reader a penetrating insight into an army trapped in a killing ground.

Author : Major Braden DeLauder
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782897925
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Falaise Pocket. World War II Allied Encirclement Of The German Armies. written by Major Braden DeLauder and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Aug. 1944, the Allies had broken out of the Normandy beachhead and were rapidly exploiting a breakthrough in the German lines. In early Aug., Hitler ordered a heavy single pronged attack to the west toward Avranches to cut off the US forces to the south. With the ‘Ultra’ intelligence, Bradley recognized this as an opportunity to encircle the German Army in France. By turning Patton’s Third Army, in the south, north towards Argentan, Bradley formed the lower jaw of a pincer movement while Montgomery ordered Crerar’s First Canadian Army south to push towards Falaise to form the upper jaw. Connecting the Allied armies between Falaise and Argentan would completely surround the German army. The encirclement of the German forces would be known as the Falaise pocket. To the north, Montgomery’s forces struggled to push south against the German defensive line. Patton’s Third Army, in concert with the XIX Tactical Air Command, was making extremely rapid progress. Late on the 12th of Aug., Bradley stopped Patton’s forces from moving north of Argentan. The decision to stop Third Army’s movement north allowed many German personnel to escape from the Falaise pocket. I will analyze the leadership decisions, command relationships, and what I think to be a lack of communication between the Allied leaders. Why did Montgomery, who was commander of the Allied ground forces in France, not close the pincer from the south? Why did Bradley stop forces at Argentan? Why didn’t Eisenhower get involved? The Allied leadership failed to capitalize or exploit the mistake made by Hitler driving the German Army westward. By not closing the pocket’s gap at Falaise, the Allied forces lost an opportunity to destroy a large percentage of the enemy in France. The major factor for this failure was conflicting commander personalities.

Author : Simon Forty
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 9781612005386
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Falaise Gap Battles written by Simon Forty and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the Allies had broken loose from the bocage and the Germans' deep defenses around Caen: by the end of September they would be close to the German border. As US First Army and British Second Army squeezed the western and northern edges of the German salient, so Third Army rushed headlong eastwards and then north to create the lower of two pincers--the other formed as the Canadian First Army and the Polish 1st Armored Division pushed south of Caen. As could be expected, the Germans did not simply give up: they fought furiously to keep the pincers from closing. When they did, attacks from inside the pocket to break out and outside the pocket to break in led to fierce fighting between Chambois and Argentan. When the dust settled, between 80,000 and 100,000 troops had been trapped by the Allied encirclement. Estimates vary considerably, but it seems safe to say that at least 10,000 of the German forces were killed and around 50,000 became PoWs. The rest, however, escaped, but without most of their equipment, destroyed in the battle or abandoned in the retreat over the Seine. Those that did escape were subsequently to reform, rearm and conduct an effective defense into late 1944. The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past together with concise explanatory text. It shows how much infrastructure has remained and how much such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera has changed, providing a coherent link between now and then.

Author : Martin Blumenson
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of the Generals written by Martin Blumenson and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1993 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blumenson blames jealousy and discord among the Allied commanders, as well as an overconcern with geographical rather than military objectives, for the Allies failure to encircle the Germans in the Falaise Pocket.