Caen, Cobra and Confusion: Monty’s Normandy Legacy Revisited

Eighty years on from the defeat of German forces in Normandy, General Montgomery’s planning and leadership of that campaign continues to excite as much comment now as it did at the time. This new work demonstrates how Monty’s legacy has come to be defined as much by events away from the battlefields of Normandy as by crucial misunderstandings of Montgomery’s intentions for the city of Caen and the eventual American breakout. By highlighting key points within the campaign and the influence historians and others have had on the way those points have come to be remembered and interpreted, the author shows how accepted ‘Monty-isms’ are not always what they seem. —- ISBN: 9781917120203 | ISBN10: 1917120206 | ISBN-13: 978-1917120203