Normandy: From Cotentin to Falaise, June–July 1944

by Friedrich Hayn, Matthias Strohn (Foreword), Linden Lyons (Translator)

The German view of D-Day, written by an Army Corps intelligence officer in Normandy at the time of the Allied invasion published in English for the first time.

A unique perspective on the decisive early weeks of the invasion in 1944, written by a German Army Corps Intelligence officer stationed in Normandy at the time of the Allied invasion, who during the invasion was the department head for enemy messages processing (Ic) in the staff of the LXXXIV AK. It discusses in detail the events leading up to the creation of Falaise Pocket, described by the author as "tragic turning point of an entire front." It discusses in detail the conditions in the American landing section and explains how the German troops based there came to be defeated.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Matthias Strohn
Place Names
Maps
The first day
Up to the fall of Cherbourg
The breakthrough of the Americans
The Falaise Pocket
The Last Days
General considerations
The daily work of the Intelligence Section of an Army Corps
Index

192 pages, Hardcover

Published June 7, 2022