No Holding Back
Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944
Published on 14. June 2023
512 pages
978-1-4617-5139-7 (ISBN)
Description
A groundbreaking study of the Canadians' first major operation in Normandy with new revelations on the death of German panzer ace Michael Wittmann.
On the morning of August 8, 1944, the Canadian Army roared into action in Operation Totalize, a massive armored attack that aimed to break through enemy defenses south of Caen and trap the Germans in Normandy by linking up with Patton's U.S. Third Army. After initial gains, the assault lost momentum and failed to achieve all of its objectives. Brian A. Reid's landmark account the strategic context and planning of this controversial operation, details the actions of the men who fought and bled in this sector of Normandy, and sheds new light on who killed German panzer ace Michael Wittmann.
On the morning of August 8, 1944, the Canadian Army roared into action in Operation Totalize, a massive armored attack that aimed to break through enemy defenses south of Caen and trap the Germans in Normandy by linking up with Patton's U.S. Third Army. After initial gains, the assault lost momentum and failed to achieve all of its objectives. Brian A. Reid's landmark account the strategic context and planning of this controversial operation, details the actions of the men who fought and bled in this sector of Normandy, and sheds new light on who killed German panzer ace Michael Wittmann.
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Brian A. Reid lives near Ottawa, Canada.
Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Introduction
- PART ONE The Roots of Totalize
- Prologue: The Cramesnil Spur
- 1 The Canadian Army
- 2 Canada Goes to War
- 3 First Canadian Army in the Field
- PART TWO Preparing for Totalize
- 4 Making the Plan
- 5 Bullets and Bombs - the Fire Plan
- 6 Preparing for Battle
- PART THREE The Night Push
- 7 Phase 1 TOTALIZE
- 8 The 51st Highland Division Advance
- 9 The Canadian Advance
- 10 8 August 1944 - the German Reaction
- 11 Mopping Up
- PART FOUR From the Jaws of Victory
- 12 Phase 2 Commences
- 13 The Tanks Advance
- 14 The German Dilemma
- 15 Worthington Force
- 16 The Day of Burning Shermans
- 17 Opportunity Lost
- 18 With a Bang, Not a Whimper
- Epilogue: Operation TOTALIZE: Facts versus Myths
- APPENDICES
- A The Dilemma of Normandy
- B Order of Battle, First Canadian Army/84 Composite Group, 7 August 1944
- C German Forces, Caen-Falaise Sector, 7 August 1944
- D Air Power in Support of the Land Battle in 21st Army Group
- E Who Killed Michael Wittman?
- F Bron Pancerna: A Brief History of the 1st Polish Armoured Division
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
