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A pair of M8 Greyhounds of 82nd Armd Recon Bn, from CCA 2nd Armored Division patrols St. Sever-Calvados. When Tessy was captured, Gen Corlett drove further south and, on August 4, the 28th Inf Div captured St. Sever-Calvados, eight miles southeast of Percy. At the same time the 29th Division, with CCA attached, reached the northwest of Vire. FASCINATING then and now images showing how the battlefields of France were left devastated in the three months after the WW2 D-Day landings have been revealed in a thrilling new book. The series of contrasting photographs show the Germans proudly marching through Cherbourg along what is today known as the Voie de la Libert??. A war-torn Coutances is also depicted with its cathedral, which still stands today untouched by the littering of bombs that hit, a model of the Eiffel tower can be seen lying amongst the rubble. Other pictures show Canadian David Currie who was awarded the Victoria Cross whilst in command of a battle group near St. Lambert-sur-Dive whilst trying to close the Falaise Gap where the German army was destroyed. The incredible shots have been released in the book, The Normandy Battlefields Bocage and Breakout: From the Beaches to the Falaise Gap by Simon Forty, Leo Marriott and George Forty. It is published by Casemate Publishers. NARA / Simon Forty / Casemate Publishers / mediadrumworld.com
2016-10-26
NARA / Simon Forty / Casemate Pu/EAST NEWS
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