Permet de comprendre les premières victoires alliées dans le bocage normand au cours du mois de juin 1944. Décrit notamment la prise de la péninsule du Cotentin et du port de Cherbourg par les Américains, ainsi que la prise de Caen, porte d'accès vers Paris, par les Britanniques. ©Electre 2025
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NORMANDY
First victories
By the dawn of 7 June some 152,000 Allied troops had set foot on the Normandy coast, testimony that the D-Day landings had been a success. But the battle was far from over; beachheads had to be reinforced and troops prepared to face the inevitable German counterattack. The weather, too, added to the uncertainty as it had the power to interrupt supplies and reinforcements. The American's objective was to seal off the Cotentin peninsula, thereby forcing the surrender of the massive port of Cherbourg. For the British, Caen, capital of Lower Normandy and gateway to Paris, was the main target. They prepared to launch a quick and formidable blow to seize it but were frustrated a handful of miles from the city by German panzers. Would the Allies be able to break out and end the campaign with a decisive blow ?
Paru le : 15/02/2003
Thématique : Sécurité nationale ou Défense du territoire
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Alexandre Thers
Éditeur(s) :
Histoire et collections
Collection(s) : Mini-guides
Contributeur(s) : Traducteur : Jonathan North
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : Non précisé.
EAN13 : 9782915239379
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 35
Hauteur: 23.0 cm / Largeur 17.0 cm
Épaisseur: 0.3 cm
Poids: 105 g
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