{"product_id":"alexandre-thers-battle-of-normandy-the-german-defeat-august-1st-29-1944-9782915239393","title":"Battle of Normandy : the german defeat : August 1st-29, 1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n      \u003cb\u003e\n        \u003ci\u003e\"It's our history\"\u003c\/i\u003e\n      \u003c\/b\u003e\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n      \u003cb\u003e\n        \u003ci\u003eWith mini-guides, discover the past that made the present.\u003c\/i\u003e\n      \u003c\/b\u003e\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are visiting a battlefield or just interested in learning more from the comfort of your own home, mini-guides offer a fresh, new and completely unprecedented visual feast of information, photographs, graphics, maps, uniforms and equipment-all in full color. Each mini-guide concludes with practical information including suggested itineraries for touring the battlefields as well as monuments, museums and other related sites you can visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n      \u003cb\u003eNORMANDY The German Defeat\u003c\/b\u003e\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early August 1944 the left wing of the German 7th Army collapsed following the American breakthrough at Avranches.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Americans quickly modified their plans and, instead of heading for Brittany, prepared to sweep eastwards and, in conjunction with the British, sought to cut off German forces in Normandy.\u003cbr\u003e\nVon Kluge, conscious of the danger, called upon reinforcements and launched an attack from Mortain.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis counterattack, operation Luttich, should have kept the Americans at bay whilst the Germans pulled back to the Seine but its failure brought about inexorable defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HISTOIRE \u0026 COLLECTIONS","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53587245465942,"sku":"9782915239393-V","price":2.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9782915239393_1_5117257e-7558-441b-871f-b54d96e77eb9.jpg?v=1781715934","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/alexandre-thers-battle-of-normandy-the-german-defeat-august-1st-29-1944-9782915239393","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}