CONTENTS

• Introduction
  • The Strategic Situation
• Chronology
• Opposing Commanders
  • German Commanders
  • Allied Commanders
• Opposing Armies
  • The German 7. Armee
  • The First US Army
• Opposing Plans
  • German Plans
  • Allied Plans
• The Campaign
  • Bocage Fighting
  • The VIII Corps Advance On La haye-du-puits
  • The VII Corps Advance From Carentan
  • The XIX Corps Vire River Bridgehead
  • Panzer-lehr-division Counter-attack Against The Vire Bridgehead
  • East Of The Vire
  • The Martinville Ridge
  • Hill 192
  • North Of St Lô
  • The Origins Of Operation Cobra
  • The Final Assault On St Lô
• The Aftermath
• The Battlefield Today
• Further Reading