
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Operation Goodwood
About this book
This ground-level WWII history describes the British armored offensive into occupied France with rare wartime photos.
Military historian Ian Daglish presents an authoritatively detailed chronicle of the greatest armored battle undertaken by the British during the Second World War. After the Normandy Landings, Operation Goodwood sent British tanks south out of the Orne bridgehead. Though the operation failed to break through German defenses, it exposed critical vulnerabilities that would ultimately assist the Allies in the liberation of France.
Along with the engaging and informative text, this volume includes newly discovered aerial photos taken during the fighting by the RAF. This amazing imagery makes it possible to trace the course of the battle and to track the movement of the armored regiments and troops of both sides.
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Table of contents
- Copyright Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- FOREWORD
- NOTES ON TERMINOLOGY
- Chapter 1 - JULY, 1944: THE OPPONENTS
- Chapter 2 - MID-JULY: THE APPROACH TO BATTLE
- Chapter 3 - 18 JULY, DAWN: THE BOMBING
- Chapter 4 - 18 JULY MORNING: THE BRITISH TANK RUN
- Chapter 5 - 18 JULY, MORNING: THE GERMAN RESPONSE
- Chapter 6 - 18 JULY, MID-MORNING: THINGS FALL APART
- Chapter 7 - 18 JULY, MIDDAY: THE RIDGE AND THE CAULDRON
- Chapter 8 - 18 JULY, AFTERNOON AND EVENING: TWILIGHT OF AMBITION
- Chapter 9 - 19 & 20 JULY: THE END AND THE RECKONING
- APPENDIX I - THE GOODWOOD BATTLEGROUND
- APPENDIX II - ARMY MAPS AND MAP REFERENCES
- APPENDIX III - TELLING THE TIME
- APPENDIX IV - ARMOUR IN COMBAT DURING GOODWOOD
- APPENDIX V - LESSONS LEARNED FROM GOODWOOD
- APPENDIX VI - 11TH ARMOURED DIVISION GOODWOOD ORDER OF BATTLE 18 JULY, 1944
- APPENDIX VII - 21. PANZERDIVISION GOODWOOD ORDER OF BATTLE 18 JULY, 1944
- APPENDIX VIII - BOMBING THE GOODWOOD BATTLEFIELD
- APPENDIX IX - THE QUESTION OF THE CAGNY ‘88s’
- APPENDIX X - MIKE WETZ
- INDEX