Normandie La Bataille

Normandie La Bataille 6 Juin/12 Septembre 1944 Author:Charles Stiri Language:French Format:Softcover Dimensions:6.25" x 9.5" Pages:64 Publisher:Heimdal ISBN:9782840485230 Item No. 9782840485230 Text in FrenchThe Battle of Normandy organized by the Allies depended on a massive, fast landing which would destabilize the German High Command by its boldness. In a few hours on 6 June 1944,150 000 Allied soldiers had set foot on Norman soil. Facing them, an equivalent number of German soldiers, but of whom only a third were operational on this front. The German High Command had been expecting the landings to take place in the Pas-de-Calais, the narrowest part of the channel. It took several days for the Germans to admit that the landings in Normandy were not a deceptive lure. The first hours of the landings were to prove decisive. For the Allied coalition, what was most important was to break through the German defenses