A Fine Night for Tanks

The Road to Falaise

Ken Tout (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2007 | New edition
Sutton Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-3189-2 (ISBN)

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Operation "Totalize I" was arguably the finest feat of Allied armoured action in two world wars; at the same time it is arguably the least studied and publicized. Using eyewitness accounts from tank crews and infantry, Ken Tout reveals the details of this 1944 operation.

Operation "Totalize I" was arguably the finest feat of Allied armoured action in two world wars; at the same time it is arguably the least studied and publicized. On 7 August 1944, the Canadian Army, reinforced with British Army units, sent four armoured columns south of Caen to close the Falaise gap. Driving through the night, the British tanks reached their objectives behind German lines and linked up with their Canadian compatriots. In the German counter-attack that followed, the British smashed the elite Tiger-equipped Wittman Troop. Operation "Totalize I" was a complete success and sealed the fate of the German forces now trapped in the Falaise Pocket. Using eyewitness accounts from tank crews and infantry, Ken Tout reveals how "Totalize" was the finest feat of Allied armoured action.

Ken Tout OBE, PhD served as an NCO with the 1st Northants Yeomanry, fighting with Sherman tanks during the Second World War and saw action in Operation 'Totalize 1'

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2007
Zusatzinfo	50 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7509-3189-2 / 0750931892
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-3189-2 / 9780750931892
Zustand	Neuware