Following the Normandy breakout the U.S. Army was sent racing towards Brittany to seize the German-held ports of Lorent, Saint Nazaire and Brest. This would simultaniously deprive the Kreigsmarine of U-boat bases and provide the Allies with badly-needed supply bases. This book looks at the effort to take on the German Army and Navy, the help provided by the French Resistance in the province and the backwater that the area became following Patton's all-out armored race to the Rhine. Often books about the Normandy Campaign and the Cobra breakout give scant mention of the fight in Brittany... a fight which because of changing priorities allowed the Nazis to maintain a grip on the Channel Islands and several of the ports right up until Germany's surrender in May 1945.
As always, a well-written book well-illustrated with maps, original artwork and photographs. A good addition to anyone's WWII library.
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