Bloody Verrières: The I. SS-Panzerkorps Defence of the Verrières-Bourguebus Ridges: Volume II: The Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly-la-Campagne, 23 July-5 August 1944

"Gullachsen's attention to detail, analysis, and honest appraisal of controversial aspects of this combat are all to be commended." — Globe at War

South of the Norman city of Caen, Verrières Ridge was seen a key stepping—stone for the British Second Army if it was to break out of the Normandy bridgehead in late July 1944. Imposing in height and containing perfect terrain for armored operations, the Germans viewed it as the lynchpin to their defenses south of the city of Caen and east of the ...