The Battle of the Falaise Gap: An Army Dies in Normandy

vi, 362 pp. Includes over 75 maps and photographs. Translated into English from the original French by Mervyn Savill. "The Battle of the Falaise Gap, translated from the French by Mervyn Savill, gives a detailed description of the Allied Armies attempt to destroy the German VII Army before it could withdraw from northern France. From war diaries, official histories and the testimonies of over seven hundred eyewitnesses. Eddy Florentin, an officer in the French Resistance during the war, presents all sides of this controversial battle. Florentin's eleven years of exhaustive research help to make this a readable, fast-moving account of this crucial battle."