Operation Bluecoat Breakout from Normandy de Daglish, Ian - 2009

Pen and Sword Military. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1848840497 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 6.9 X 1 X 9.3 inches; 272 pages; The main narrative of this book will span the initial break-in from Caumont on 30 July, through the armored battles of the following days, to the desperate German counter-attacks of 4 – 6 August, the no less desperate German defense of Estry up to the middle of the month, and the final withdrawal from Normandy. The book also examines Monty’s refusal to seize Vire, the disputed Anglo-American border and the Operation’s impact on the German Mortain offensive. .