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After D-Day : Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout / James Jay Carafano.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Art of WarPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (295 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781626372856
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54/2142 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue: The Beaten Path -- Part 1 The Universe of Battle: Summer 1944 -- 1 The Darkening Sky -- 2 Living in Hell -- 3 A Measure of Power -- 4 The Essence of Decisions -- Part 2 The Day of Infantry: 25 July 1944 -- 5 The Firepower War -- 6 Taking the High Ground -- 7 Beyond the Field of White Crosses -- 8 One Tired Division -- Part 3 A Clash of Armor: 26 to 30 July 1944 -- 9 A Scheme of Maneuver -- 10 A Tank Show, at Tank Speed -- 11 A Battle Without Fronts -- Epilogue: The Aftermath -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: In Operation Cobra, six US divisions during six dramatic days in Normandy ended the stalemate on the western front, breaking through German defenses after seven weeks of grueling attrition warfare. After D-Day examines the experiences of U.S. soldiers in the July 25-30, 1944, Normandy campaign: their mistakes, hardships, and fears, as well as their leadership, courage, and determination. Drawing on original archival sources, Carafano argues that previous accounts of Operation Cobra are flawed. Standard explanations of its success—the force of air power, innovative tactics, superior logistics, the inestimable value of "citizen soldiers," hedgerow busting "rhino" tanks—are in fact myths. And serious mistakes were made: one of the most famous US generals, Omar Bradley, ordered strategic bombing close to US lines, a decision that led to the killing and maiming of hundreds of US soldiers by "friendly fire." Nonetheless, Carafano demonstrates, operational flexibility—the ability of commanders to exercise effective combat leadership and take advantage of troop strengths and material advantages—resulted in Allied victory.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Prologue: The Beaten Path -- Part 1 The Universe of Battle: Summer 1944 -- 1 The Darkening Sky -- 2 Living in Hell -- 3 A Measure of Power -- 4 The Essence of Decisions -- Part 2 The Day of Infantry: 25 July 1944 -- 5 The Firepower War -- 6 Taking the High Ground -- 7 Beyond the Field of White Crosses -- 8 One Tired Division -- Part 3 A Clash of Armor: 26 to 30 July 1944 -- 9 A Scheme of Maneuver -- 10 A Tank Show, at Tank Speed -- 11 A Battle Without Fronts -- Epilogue: The Aftermath -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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In Operation Cobra, six US divisions during six dramatic days in Normandy ended the stalemate on the western front, breaking through German defenses after seven weeks of grueling attrition warfare. After D-Day examines the experiences of U.S. soldiers in the July 25-30, 1944, Normandy campaign: their mistakes, hardships, and fears, as well as their leadership, courage, and determination. Drawing on original archival sources, Carafano argues that previous accounts of Operation Cobra are flawed. Standard explanations of its success—the force of air power, innovative tactics, superior logistics, the inestimable value of "citizen soldiers," hedgerow busting "rhino" tanks—are in fact myths. And serious mistakes were made: one of the most famous US generals, Omar Bradley, ordered strategic bombing close to US lines, a decision that led to the killing and maiming of hundreds of US soldiers by "friendly fire." Nonetheless, Carafano demonstrates, operational flexibility—the ability of commanders to exercise effective combat leadership and take advantage of troop strengths and material advantages—resulted in Allied victory.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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