Monty's Normandy Hammer: Operations ATLANTIC and SPRING

Explores the pivotal role of Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds' II Canadian Corps in July 1944, detailing key operations like ATLANTIC and SPRING.

The first of two volumes, Monty’s Normandy Hammer traces the major operations fought by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds’ II Canadian Corps in July 1944. Thrust into the epicentre of the action on the eastern flank, II Canadian Corps planned and executed two major operations to expand Second British Army’s elbow room in the bridgehead even while holdin...