VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur
VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur
VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur
VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur

VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur

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Before addressing the Liberation battle with the Vernon Bridgehead, we will see how this region was occupied. The entry into the Resistance of patriots, faced with an occupation that intensified with the establishment of Field Marshal Rommel's headquarters at La Roche Guyon.

 

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The battle of the Vexin — both Île-de-France and Norman — on either side of the Epte between the American bridgehead at Mantes and the British one at Vernon is recounted in this work. Between Vernon and Vetheuil, by way of Giverny, where the Impressionist painters had made their mark a few decades earlier.

In mid-August 1944, following the Normandy breakout and Patton's thrust to the Seine at Mantes, the Germans relocated their headquarters. Field Marshal Montgomery arrived shortly afterwards at Vernon to launch the British bridgehead. But the enemy massed reinforcements on the north bank of the river, and a week of fighting ensued that left hundreds of casualties in both the German and British ranks.

Author 1
Bruno Renoult
Author 2
Sébastien Leroy
Publication date
February 20, 2019
Pages
264
Illustrations
+ 150 period photographs
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
Self-published
EAN
9782919085057

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