Operation Epsom

by Ian Daglish

Book Overview

Before EPSOM in late June 1944 there remained the chance that a German counterstroke might seriously threaten the bridgehead. After EPSOM, the Allies retained the strategic initiative through to the liberation of France and Belgium.

This was a battle in which highly trained but largely inexperienced British 'follow-up' divisions, newly arrived in Normandy, confronted some of the best equipped, best led and battle-hardened formations of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473845599
• ISBN13: 9781473845596
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.