The Soldiers’ Story - Victory At Falaise
By W. Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker
They examine the Battle of Falaise, which ended the Allies’ long struggle to break out from the Normandy beachhead in the summer of 1944.
Falaise was a brutal affair, as the soldiers of six nations fought at close quarters among the hedgerows of Northern France. It was a true soldiers’ battle, with the fate of armies hanging on the success or failure of small, isolated groups of men. The Allied weaponry was often inferior to that of the Germans, but this was offset by sheer quantity and a total superiority in the air. Incredible acts of bravery were common on both sides, and these form the core of this book.