Bloody GOODGE. Battle of Normandy-44. Khitryak E.N., Muzalkov E.L.

The capture of the coastal bridgehead in Normandy has become the most difficult and bloody stage of the Allied invasion of northwestern Europe, since Hitler’s decision to keep the front line, which was formed after landing the Anglo-American troops, forced them to fight in the conditions of a specific landscape, known as the side, to What the soldiers and officers of the expeditionary forces were not ready either morally or physically. Only six weeks of heavy bloody battles and the development of special tactics have allowed to overcome the pattern situation and ensure the conditions for the breakthrough of the Wehrmacht’s defense, the subsequent defeat of the Germans in France and the liberation of Paris. The June phase of the battle in the side, the main milestones of which were the hopes of the Porta Sherbur Porta and two unsuccessful attempts to master the city of Kan - Operation Perth and Eps. Particular attention was paid to the detailed analysis of the battle for Willer-Boage on June 13, 1944, which became the "star hour" of the most famous German tank ace Michael Wittmann.