It's interesting to note the small successful counter-attacks by the Germans, e.g. NW of Saint-Lo @ 1:03 they encircled and looks like captured a whole Allied unit. Anyone know what unit that was and what happened to them?
Ahh the Normany countryside where it was the British and Canadians facing nearly all the armoured panzer divisions. America made such quick progress after the beaches as they were not facing as powerful opposition.
The Americans essentially drove around the main battle that was being fought around Caen. They were mostly opposed by Wehrmacht conscripts and were a conscript army themselves.
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