Summary of Anthony Tucker-Jones's Falaise

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#1 The battle-hardened German Heer and Waffen-SS stood poised to inflict a bloody reverse on the Allied landings in Northern France in 1944. The Allied landings in the Mediterranean had convinced the Germans that they could contain and defeat an Allied amphibious assault on French soil.

#2 The German commanders were extremely annoyed with Rundstedt, as he had the final say in how to deploy the panzers against an Allied invasion. They did not know where the main weight of the Allied assault would fall, which meant any initial landings were likely to be considered diversionary.

#3 By June 1944, about one fifth of Hitler’s field army was occupying Western Europe. Rundstedt had well over half a million men guarding the European coastline, with some fifty-eight divisions stationed in France and the Low Countries.

#4 The German army and SS had similar organization, with a panzer regiment of two battalions or abteilungen, a Sturmgeschütz and/or Panzerjäger abteilung, and a panzergrenadier regiment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822513648

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The battle-hardened German Heer and Waffen-SS stood poised to inflict a bloody reverse on the Allied landings in Northern France in 1944. The Allied landings in the Mediterranean had convinced the Germans that they could contain and defeat an Allied amphibious assault on French soil.

#2

The German commanders were extremely annoyed with Rundstedt, as he had the final say in how to deploy the panzers against an Allied invasion. They did not know where the main weight of the Allied assault would fall, which meant any initial landings were likely to be considered diversionary.

#3

By June 1944, about one fifth of Hitler’s field army was occupying Western Europe. Rundstedt had well over half a million men guarding the European coastline, with some fifty-eight divisions stationed in France and the Low Countries.

#4

The German army and SS had similar organization, with a panzer regiment of two battalions or abteilungen, a Sturmgeschütz and/or Panzerjäger abteilung, and a panzergrenadier regiment.

#5

The German plan for dealing with an Allied invasion was the crust-cushion-hammer concept. The crust was formed by the sea defenses, the cushion by infantry reserves, and the hammer by the armored divisions held further back.

#6

The conflict between Rommel and Schweppenburg over the deployment of the 12th SS Panzer Division to Avranches resulted in a compromise where Rommel retained command of the 2nd, 21st, and 116th Panzer Divisions, and the 1st SS and 12th SS Panzer Divisions were under von Runstedt’s authority.

#7

The German army was spread out across France, from Bordeaux to Belgium, in order to hamper the Allies’ movements. The French resistance coordinated their efforts with the British and American Special Operations Executive to hinder the German movement of reinforcements by road and rail toward Normandy once the invasion was underway.

#8

The German High Command were not unduly alarmed by all the activity in Normandy. Most incoming information was ignored. Berlin dithered, still half expecting an attack across the Pas de Calais. The Germans finally began to move their panzer reserves toward the Allied bridgehead on 6 June.

#9

The Germans