Ebook: Over the Battlefield: Operation Goodwood

Copyright Page; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; NOTES ON TERMINOLOGY; Chapter 1 -- JULY, 1944: THE OPPONENTS; BRITISH STRATEGY; GERMAN STRATEGY; GERMAN DISPOSITIONS; THE PLAN OF ATTACK; ROBERTS AND HIS ORDERS; References; Chapter 2 -- MID-JULY: THE APPROACH TO BATTLE; CROSSING THE ORNE; ROADS AND BRIDGES; ACROSS COUNTRY; PROBLEMS; DECEPTIONS, DELUSIONS, DIVERSIONS; THE CROSSING; FORMING UP; References; Chapter 3 -- 18 JULY, DAWN: THE BOMBING; THE ARTILLERY SHORTFALL; WAITING AND WATCHING; THE BOMBING SHORTFALL; HEAVY BOMBERS OVER THE BATTLEFIELD.;For the first book in our new series Over The Battlefield, we have chosen Ian Daglish to describe the events of Operation GOODWOOD, July 1944, the dramatic attempted British armored breakout from the Normandy bridge-head. This was the greatest armored battle undertaken by the British during the Second World War. What is so special about this book is the discovery and use of superb aerial photos taken during the fighting by the RAF. This amazing imagery makes it possible to trace the course of the battle and to track the movement of the armored regiments and troops of both sides. The effect is s.