Description: After the failure of Cotentin on June 18, three American divisions returned northward towards Festung Cherbourg, where the Germans, isolated in the peninsula, were in retreat. But this fortress is mainly oriented towards the sea.
Brief description: The historian Georges Bernage is one of France's premier experts on the 1944 Normandy Invasion. He has published over forty books on the subject since 1978.
Review Quotes: "Another excellent book from Georges Bernage and quite enlightening regarding the story of this element of the Normandy battles, Certainly it opened my eyes to the detail of the extensive defences around the city".-- "Military Modelling"