Overview
KEYNOTE . A superb colour guide to Operation Cobra, complete with over 800 photographs Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army eight weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II. American Lieutenant General Omar Bradley's intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and punch through the German defences penning in his troops while his opponent was distracted and unbalanced. Once a corridor had been created, the First Army would then be able to advance into Brittany, rolling up the German flanks and freeing itself of the constraints imposed by operating in the countryside. After a slow start the offensive gathered momentum, and German resistance collapsed as scattered remnants of broken units fought to escape to the Seine. Lacking the resources to cope with the situation, the German response was ineffectual, and the entire Normandy front soon collapsed. Operation Cobra, together with concurrent offensives by the Second British and First Canadian Armies, was decisive in securing an Allied victory in the Normandy Campaign. This highly illustrated book describes the very hard fighting of the U.S. forces south of the Cotentin peninsula, from July 2 to 15 1944, and the following lead up to Operation Cobra. Operation Cobra includes over 800 photographs and documents in addition to many maps and color profiles. ILLUSTRATIONS: colour throughout
Full Product Details
Author: Georges Bernage
Publisher: Editions Heimdal
Imprint: Editions Heimdal
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 30.50cm
Weight: 0.848kg
ISBN: 9782840482864
ISBN 10: 284048286
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 30 April 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: French
Reviews
...for modellers it will be the very extensive photo content that will attract you to this one, much of which I have never seen before. * www.militarymodelling.com * The build up and combat of `Cobra' is documented in a diary format but the real stars of the show are the superb collection of photographs... the text is French but the words are certainly secondary as modelling reference as the images are of such good quality and of great potential modelling subjects. * AFV Modeller *
...for modellers it will be the very extensive photo content that will attract you to this one, much of which I have never seen before. * www.militarymodelling.com * The build up and combat of 'Cobra' is documented in a diary format but the real stars of the show are the superb collection of photographs... the text is French but the words are certainly secondary as modelling reference as the images are of such good quality and of great potential modelling subjects. * AFV Modeller *
The build up and combat of ‘Cobra’ is documented in a diary format but the real stars of the show are the superb collection of photographs... the text is French but the words are certainly secondary as modelling reference as the images are of such good quality and of great potential modelling subjects. * AFV Modeller * ...for modellers it will be the very extensive photo content that will attract you to this one, much of which I have never seen before. * www.militarymodelling.com *
Author Information
The historian Georges Bernage is one of France's premier experts on the 1944 Normandy Invasion. He has published over forty books on the subject since 1978.
