Normandy 1944
Subtitle: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness
Publisher: Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781612008165
Subjects: World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france, normandy; Germany, heer
Description: It has been seventy years since Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy. Despite being one of the best-known events in history, and the subject of a multitude of books, there are still ongoing debates about several aspects of the Normandy campaign. Over the years there have been many opinions stated about German forces, their organization and casualties in Normandy, many of the conclusions based upon incomplete data. This reference book, fully revised and updated, is the result of Niklas Zetterling's thorough survey and analysis of all the primary data available on German forces in Normandy, compiled and explained for the historian and general reader. His research has enabled him to provide a new assessment of German soldiers and panzers employed in Normandy and their movements and, based upon that, a new analysis of German casualties, and German combat efficiency compared to that of the Allied forces. Along the way he confronts a number of popular myths concerning the German forces in Normandy, in particular the preferential treatment of Waffen-SS formations in comparison the their army counterparts, and the effectiveness of Allied air power during the battle. The book also has orders of battle for German combat formations in Normandy--including general headquarters formations, infantry and panzer divisions--and a number of appendices offering additional detail. The text is supported with copious footnotes, organizational charts and diagrams. This is an essential reference work for anyone interested in the fighting in Normandy in 1944. -- Dust jacket.