Fallschirmjäger vs US Soldier: Saint-Lô 1944

Written by an authority on the Normandy battle, this book examines the battles between German airborne troops and US Army forces in July 1944.

For six weeks in the summer of 1944, US forces tasked with capturing the vital road hub of Saint-Lô in Normandy struggled to make progress amid the bocage – hedgerow country interspersed with marshland, where infantry would have to do most of the fighting. The Germans deployed some of their toughest infantrymen, the renowned Fallschirmjäger – highly m...