First US Army

This book offers a broad synthesis of the battle fought in Normandy by the US armies, and chiefly the First Army. It is the fruit of twenty years of labor and research already carried out on the battle of Cherbourg, that crucial initial phase which provided the First Army with a major port and a much bigger lodgement area. And also on Cobra, a little known and yet decisive operation which marked the end of the exhausting battle of the hedgerows and the breakout to Coutances and on to Avranches and Brittany within a few days. This body of knowledge, both historical research with our friend the American historian Martin Blumenson, and iconography perused for a quarter of a century, have made it possible to produce this monumental work on the battle fought by the US Army in Normandy. It will remain at once a reference work for researchers and a "memorial" to veterans and Norman civilians.