Operation Cobra 1944
Subtitle: Breakout from Normandy (Campaign)
Contributors: Tony Bryan (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: August 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841762968
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military; History; History - Military / War; Europe; Military - Pictorial; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II
First sentence: On 20 July 1944, days before Operation Cobra, a group of German army officers attempted a coup against Hitler in his forward command post in East Prussia, the "Wolf's Lair".
Description: "One of the most decisive periods of World War II was the 30 days between 25 July and 25 August 1944. After the success of the D-Day landings, the Allied forces found themselves bogged down in a bloody stalemate in Normandy. On 25 July, General Bradley launched Operation Cobra to break the deadlock. US forces punched a hole in the German frontline and began a spectacular advance. As Patton's Third Army poured into Brittany and raced south to the Loire, the German army was threatened with encirclement. By the end of August, German forces in Normandy were utterly destroyed and the remaining German units in central and southern France were in headlong retreat to the German frontier. In this book Steven J. Zaloga explains how the breakout from Normandy came about."