Falaise
The Flawed Victory–The Destruction of Panzergruppe West, August 1944
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This WWII history critically reexamines one of the most dramatic and significant battles to follow the D-Day landings in Normandy.
The destruction of the trapped German forces in the Falaise pocket in August 1944 is one of the most famous episodes of the Normandy campaign. But myths have grown up around the battle, and its impact on the course of the war is often misunderstood. In this meticulously researched study, Anthony Tucker-Jones dispels misconceptions about the battle, describes the combat in graphic detail, and reassesses the outcome in the context of the campaign to liberate Europe.
Tucker-Jones takes a broad view of the sequence of operations that culminated in the battle at Falaise, tracing the course of the campaign mainly from the panzers' viewpoint. For two bloody months following the Normandy landings, the panzers held the Allies at bay. But when they found themselves blocked in at Falaise, the area became a killing ground. Some liken the event to Hitler's defeat at Stalingrad, while others argue the victory was flawed because so many German troops escaped.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the paperback edition
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Dramatis Personae – Senior German Commanders
- Principal German Armoured Fighting Vehicles deployed in Normandy
- Principal Allied Armoured Fighting Vehicles deployed in Normandy
- List of plates
- Maps
- 1. Panzergruppe West’s Dilemma
- 2. The Road to Falaise – Goodwood, Cobra and Mortain
- 3. Throw them back into the Sea – 21st Panzer Division
- 4. Formidably Equipped – Panzer Lehr Panzer Division
- 5. Fanatical Nazi Teenagers – 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
- 6. The Iron Fist – 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
- 7. The Tigers are Coming! – The 503, 101 SS and 102 SS Heavy Panzer Battalions
- 8. Operation Lüttich – 2nd Panzer Division
- 9. Tough Resistance – 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
- 10. Fighting Withdrawal – 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
- 11. Point 112 – 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
- 12. The Road to St Lô – 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
- 13. Stabilising the Line – 116th Panzer Division Windhund
- 14. Stopping Patton – 9th Panzer Division
- 15. Falaise – The Killing Grounds
- 16. The Flawed Victory
- 17. The Reckoning in the West
- 18. The Reckoning in the East
- Appendix I: Panzer Division and General Headquarters Panzer Formations Strength in Northern France June–September 1944
- Appendix II: German Panzer Divisions in Normandy
- Appendix III: Independant and Infantry Panzer Units in Normandy
- Appendix IV: German Order of Battle June 1944 and July–August 1944
- Appendix V: Panzergruppe West and 7th Army Panzer Division Commanders
- Appendix VI: Principal Allied Codenames
- Appendix VII: Table of Equivalent Ranks
- Bibliography
- Plate section