{"product_id":"germans-in-normandy-9780811735131","title":"Germans in Normandy","description":"\u003cli\u003eThe Normandy campaign from the German perspective \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCovers D-Day, Villers-Bocage, Cherbourg, St. Lô, Caen, Avranches, and other battles in hedgerow country \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eErwin Rommel, Michael Wittmann, and Kurt Meyer appear \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on letters, diaries, firsthand accounts, and official documents, \u003ci\u003eThe Germans in Normandy\u003c\/i\u003e paints a vivid and frequently horrific picture of life for the men who held Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall when the Allies invaded France in June 1944 and who put up a bitter but ultimately hopeless defense throughout that summer. These are the German soldiers who manned the pillboxes on Omaha Beach, fired the machine guns across farmfields, and commanded the Tiger tanks. To read about the war from their point of view is sobering and informative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811735131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.36w x 0.77d\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Richard Hargreaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122361004213,"sku":"9780811735131","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_efd6ec35-597e-4aef-8e3b-ef8db9ac07a3.jpg?v=1766512716","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/germans-in-normandy-9780811735131","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}