Army of the West: The Weekly Reports of German Army Group B from Normandy to the West Wall

James A. Wood

янв. 2007 г. · Stackpole Books

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Essential primary source on the German defense of Western Europe in World War II

Concise chapter introductions provide historical context for the reports

In May 1944 German Army Group B, headquartered in France, requested weekly reports from its commanders. These accounts included assessments of the general situation, estimates of the Allies' situation, casualty figures, equipment losses, and descriptions of resistance activities. Commanded successively by Erwin Rommel, GÃ1/4nther von Kluge, and Walter Model, Army Group B bore the brunt of the Allied assault--D-Day, the Normandy campaign, and Operation Market-Garden--and these reports reveal what the German Army was thinking as it confronted the invasion.

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James A. Wood is currently working toward a doctoral degree in history. He is the author of We Move Only Forward: Canada, the United States and the First Special Service Force, 1942-44 (1-55125-112-4), and has published articles in The Journal of Military History, The Northern Mariner, and Canadian Military History.