Tigers in Normandy
By: Wolfgang Schneider
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780811710299
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Tank warfare; Tiger (Tank)
Work titles: Tiger im Kampf
Description: "[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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.