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Mark Reardon - Victory at Mortain: Stopping Hitler's Panzer Counteroffensive (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Paperback)) - 9780700612956 - V9780700612956
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Victory at Mortain: Stopping Hitler's Panzer Counteroffensive (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Paperback))

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Description for Victory at Mortain: Stopping Hitler's Panzer Counteroffensive (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Paperback)) Paperback. Coveying both the epic and everyday aspects of Mortain's field of battle, Lieutenant Colonel Mark J. Reardon takes the reader down to the platoon level on both sides to produce a comprehensive look at the battle to halt Hitler's Panzer divisions in 1944. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 20 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
A powerful German counterattack in Normandy in August 1944 might have been one of the Wehrmacht's great shining moments in the Second World War. The odds were certainly in their favour. Determined to drive the Allies back to the English Channel, elements of four combat-hardened panzer divisions faced off against a single American infantry division near the town of Mortain. Instead, the Americans held their ground, enabling the Allied armies to secure the invasion and ultimately liberate France.

In a vivid recreation of this pivotal battle—less celebrated than the encounter at the Falaise Pocket but just as decisive—Mark Reardon ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612956
SKU
V9780700612956
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