Following on from the fascinating and unique compilations of contemporary German military reports in Fighting the Bombers, Fighting the Invasion and Fighting in Normandy, Greenhill are due to publish a new volume, entitled Fighting the Breakout, which charts the progress of the Allied breakout of Normandy. Beginning with Operation COBRA and ending with the offensive that led to the liberation of Paris, this critical phase of the war in the west is examined and described by senior German officers. These, from staff officers at OKW to divisional generals on the ground, critique their performance, examine Allied superiority, and evaluate their own efforts to contain Allied forces in Normandy. They look at such key events as the counter-attack at Mortain, the American offensive, British and Canadian efforts and the sequence of events that led to the fighting around the Falaise gap. Based on reports originally submitted by German officers to Allied intelligence as part of post-war debriefing sessions, Fighting the Breakout gives a broad picture of German hopes balanced with the realisation that they could not hope to contain the Allied efforts for long. With supplementary material by David C. Isby, it is a fascinating glimpse into how a defeated army sought hard to turn the tide of defeat. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 127 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com