Title: Tigers in Normandy /
Authors: Schneider, Wolfgang,
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Year: 2011
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy.; World War, 1939-1945 Tank warfare.; Tiger (Tank)
Abstract: "[The author] details the combat history of the Tiger in the months following the Allies' invasion of France ... The Tiger might have bested most of its opponents in tank-on-tank combat, but the Germans' deteriorating situation in Normandy meant that the Tigers could not be deployed effectively and that losses could not be replaced. The surviving Tigers joined the battered German forces that escaped through the Falaise Gap in August 1944. Featuring orders of battle, tank inventories, maps, period photos, and then-and-now shots of terrain, [this book] vividly recreates the Tiger's battles from June to August 1944 and carefully assesses its tactical and operational performance"--Jacket.
Contents: Ch. 1. Movement of the Tiger Formations to Normandy -- Ch. 2. The Mystery of Villers-Bocage -- Ch. 3. The Fighting for Hill 112. -- Ch. 4. Operation "Epsom" -- Ch. 5. Operation "Jupiter" -- Ch. 6. Arrival of the Third Tiger Battalion -- Ch. 7. The Hell of Operation "Goodwood" -- Ch. 8. German Defensive Measures -- Ch. 9. Operation "Bluecoat" -- Ch. 10. Operation "Totalize" and Wittmann's Last Engagement -- Ch. 11. Operation "Tractable" and the Breakthrough to Falaise -- Ch. 12. Overall conclusions.