The Battle for Mortain 30th Infantry Division Saves the Breakout, August 7-12, 1944

 

August 1944 saw the culmination of the German response to the Allied landings in Normandy, with a massive German counter-attack designed to push the Anglo-Americans against the coast and destroy them. This neglected episode is told here in the words of the men who did the fighting and whose story has been overlooked. Recounts the defense of Mortain by one American infantry division against the attack of three German panzer divisions and explains the stategic significance of the battle.

 

Alwyn Featherston

Softcover 273pp Presidio Press 1998

 

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Book Code:  SH2973