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VICTORY AT MORTAIN STOPPING HITLER'S PANZER COUNTEROFFENSIVE
Book Type: C By Mark Reardon. Outstanding and extremely well researched study on Germany's powerful counterattack in Normandy in August 1944 against a single American infantry division near the town of Mortain, attempting to drive the Allies back to the sea. Through vigorous prose laced with compelling anecdotes, Reardon reconstructs the battle from both sides of the firing line to explain why it evolved and ended up as it did. He reveals how professional rivalries and lack of accurate battlefield information hampered the efforts of German generals to execute a successful counteroffensive. He also tells how the U.S. Army profited from the bitter lessons of hedgerow fighting to gain superiority in ground maneuver, fire support, and the use of airpower, logistics, communications, and reconnaissance in the face of more experienced and better armed opponents. This book fills an important gap in the history of the Normandy campaigns. 384 pp. 
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