{"product_id":"brittany-1944-hitlers-final-defenses-in-france-9781472827371","title":"Brittany 1944: Hitler's Final Defenses in France","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and on Quiberon Bay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe newly arrived Third US Army (TUSA) under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton was delegated to take on the Brittany mission. In one of the most rapid mechanized advances of the war, TUSA had the ports of Avranches and Quiberon encircled by the second week of August 1944. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut changing priorities meant that most of TUSA was redeployed, meaning only a single corps was left to take the Breton port cities. The fight would drag into 1945, long after German field armies had been driven from France. Using full color maps and artwork as well as contemporary accounts and photographs, \u003ci\u003eBrittany 1944\u003c\/i\u003e is the fascinating story of the siege of Germany's last bastions on the French Atlantic coast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472827371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Steven J. Zaloga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280634609845,"sku":"9781472827371","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d7619854-9228-4858-9df8-f43e8bb34dcf.jpg?v=1751468172","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brittany-1944-hitlers-final-defenses-in-france-9781472827371","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}