The Waffen-SS in Normandy, July 1944: Operations Goodwood and Cobra

This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen—SS panzer divisions during July 1944 in Normandy, including Operations Goodwood and Cobra.

One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the Allies, who had to cross the sea and then deploy in a cramped bridgehead until the American breakthrough of late July 1944. The Waffen—SS were no better off than the Heer units and German high comman...