Normandy 1944: The Battle Of Hedgerows: Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives Simon Forty Pen Sword Military Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Photography

Just As The Anglo-Canadian Forces In East Found It Difficult To Advance Beyond Caen After D-Day So Us First Army Laboured Through Norman Bocage Country West Lethal Struggle That Developed There Was A Defining Episode Normandy Campaign And This Photographic History Is Vivid Introduction Selection Of Over 150 Carefully Chosen Meticulously Captioned�Wartime Photographs Simon Forty Traces Course Battle Gives Reader Graphic Impression Conditions Terrain Experience Troops Germans Mounted Tenacious Defence They Fought From Prepared Positions High Hedgerows Each Cramped Field Narrow Lane Became Killing Ground But Americans Adapted Their Tactics Brought Special Equipment Including Bulldozers Tanks With Hedgerow Cutters Force Way Losses Were Appalling Used Snipers Mines Machineguns Artillery Great Effect Inexorably However Enormous Bravery Solved Tactical Problems Inflicted Heavy Casualties On Defenders Saint-L� Σελίδες: 144 Διαστάσεις: 18 9X18 9Cm