PATTON'S GAP - An Account of the Battle of Normandy 1944 by Rohmer, Richard - 1981

Don Mills, Ontario: General Publishing, 1981. 240 pp. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Peter Kent, the maestro at CKCO-TV, with thanks for your co-op. Richard Rohmer 17 June 81." Gray boards lettered in silver on the spine. Rubbing on the corners with a few nicks around the edges of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. By August 12, 1944, the whole of the German Seventh Army and the remnants of the Fifth Panzer Army had been nearly encircled by the combined forces of the Allies. The pocket in which they were apparently trapped was enormous. Hundreds of thousands of men, thousands of vehicles, hundreds of tanks - an entire army - all were in a pocket with only one avenue of escape - the Falaise Gap. The Gap was twenty miles wide, and through it the first of the retreating German vehicles were beginning to move. And the Allies did not give the order to stop them. There is no question that this enormous military blunder not only served in prolonging the agony of World War II, but it was also a blunder that should have and could have been prevented. And which of the leading generals was responsible? Patton - Montgomery - Bradley - Eisenhower? And what was the reasoning behind this stupid lapse in Allied command. Rohmer, during his research, found the truth. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Association Copy.