saving the breakout: The 30th Division's Heroic Stand at Mortain, August 7-12, 1944

Featherston, Alwyn

ISBN 10: 0891414908 / ISBN 13: 9780891414902

Verlag: Presidio Press, Novato CA, 1993

Beschreibung

This copy is in fine condition quarter bound in black cloth to black paper covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a publisher's stamp to the f.e.p. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition it has been covered in clear, removable, mylar, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Recounts the defense of Mortain by one American infantry division against the attack of three German panzer divisions and explains the strategic significance of the battle. On 7 August 1944, the German Army launched a counteroffensive to seize the town of Avranches and cut the communications of US Third Army. The attack struck elements of US VIII Corps near the town of Mortain, By 9 August the American defenses had stabilized along a 14 mile front, and on 13 August US troops reoccupied Mortain, ending the battle. The German defeat at Mortain allowed the Allies to trap and destroy much of the German Seventh Army near Falaise, which in turn set up the Allied pursuit across France. Ref A4 7.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 033463

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: saving the breakout: The 30th Division's Heroic Stand at Mortain, August 7-12, 1944
• Verlag: Presidio Press, Novato CA
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0891414908
• ISBN-13: 9780891414902
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

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Inhaltsangabe

Recounts the defense of Mortain by one American infantry division against the attack of three German panzer divisions and explains the stategic significance of the battle

Reseña del editor

From its very first page, the American infantryman is the hero of this magnificent account of men at war. Specifically, the heroes are a handful of National Guardsmen of the Carolinas' 30th Infantry Division who, for five days in August, 1944, withstood the full fury of a massive Nazi counterattack that threatened to cut-off and defeat the Allies' breakout from the Normandy beaches.