Caen 1944

After the success of Bataille de l’Odon, Enfer sur la Cote 112 and especially Trois Jours en Enfer, with the latter two already out of print, here is a new work on the Battle of Normandy. From July 6-9, 1944, Canadian troops, after intense combat for the Carpiquet airfield and the Ardennes abbey, and the confrontation of the young soldiers of the Hitlerjugend, finally succeed at seizing control of Caen, now nothing more than ruins under which 2,000 civilians lay dead. Frédérick Jeanne provides here a rich history, chronicling the intense action with revealing images.