Operation Epsom: VIII British Corps V 1st Ss Panzerkorps (Battleground Europe Normandy) - Softcover

Saunders, Tim

 
9780850529548: Operation Epsom: VIII British Corps V 1st Ss Panzerkorps (Battleground Europe Normandy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0850529549 ISBN 13: 9780850529548
Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Operation EPSOM was General Montgomery's third attempt to take the City of Caen, which had been a key British D-Day objective. Delayed by a storm, the attack, designed to envelop Caen from the west, eventually began at the end of June 1944. The Territorial Army battalions of 15th Scottish Division spearheaded the attacks through the well developed positions of 12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division. It was slow going and when tanks of the 11th Armoured Division dashed to the Odon Bridges they ran into the concentrated fire of dug-in panzers. However, the following day the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders slipped through the German defenses and seized a vital bridge. Armor poured across but, rather than pushing home their advantage, the British prepared to beat off a powerful counterattack from II SS Panzer Corps.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tim Saunders served as an infantry officer with the British Army for thirty years, during which time he took the opportunity to visit campaigns far and wide, from ancient to modern. Since leaving the Army he has become a full time military historian, with this being his sixteenth book, has made nearly fifty full documentary films with Battlefield History and Pen & Sword. He is an active guide and Accredited Member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.

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Verlag
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0850529549
ISBN 13 
9780850529548
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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