Re: What are you reading PtII
..BTW new Falaise title due from Pen & Sword at the end of month;
Falaise: The Flawed Victory by Anthony Tucker-Jones
".....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 accounts of the battle, and its impact on the course of the war is sometimes misunderstood. This compelling book gives a graphic account of the conflict and dispels the misconceptions that have arisen.
In this meticulously researched and perceptive study Anthony Tucker-Jones takes a broad view of the sequence of operations that culminated in the battle of Falaise, tracing the course of the campaign mainly from the German viewpoint. For two bloody months, following the D-Day landings, the Germans held the Allies at bay. But then they were blocked in at Falaise and the area became a killing ground. Yet was the event similar to Hitler’s defeat at Stalingrad, as some historians argue, or was victory flawed because so many German troops escaped?..."
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