
Format: Hardback
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9781636242309
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2023
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Series: Die Wehrmacht im Kampf
Description:
The Dragoon offensive in August 1944 was preceded by bombings and sabotage that hit hard the German forces located in the South of France – damaging communications, railroads and bridges. The landings were then overwhelmingly successful, despite localised German resistance. The following morning a German force the size of around four infantry battalions was able to launch a counterattack, but by the end of the day von Schwerin ordered a retreat under cover of night.