Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944 (Stackpole Military History)

The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. Military historian Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., vividly recaptures the desperation of the Wehrmacht as its thin gray line finally snapped amidst brutal hedgerow-to-hedgerow fighting in Normandy and as the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a mad dash back to the Reich. With colourful descriptions and informative details, Mitcham recounts the German military retreat and the erosion of Germany's stronghold on Europe - as viewed through the eyes of a defiant, but ultimately defeated Wehrmacht.