June 7, 1944. The Allies have landed in Normandy, where they have set a
bridgehead: yet this one is narrow and fragile. The Canadians sprint on
to Carpiquet, but their attack is crushed by Panzers of the Hitlerjugend
Division that have just rejoined the frontline. Canadians and Germans
are going to fight each other violently, and the tension is at its
highest - some Canadian soldiers are murdered in Buron, and at the
Ardenne Abbey.
June 8, 1944. The Winnipegs are crushed by a German counter-attack in
Putot. Some German soldiers are executed on Hill 102, and some Canadian
soldiers are executed in Audrieu and Le Mesnil-Patry. Who are the people
responsible for those actions ? For the first time, the mystery is
partially unveiled. Then, the crazy night attack on
Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse - some panzers will burn and light this
terrible night.
June 9, 1944. The "Ribbentrop Company" attacks Norrey: seven Panther
tanks are destroyed. The Hitlerjugend's counterattack is stopped. In
Norrey, this is "the accident" shrapnel wipe out a lot of civilians. The
acme of horror has been reached.
Thanks to a large number of testimonies given by the combatants and the
Norman civilians - who also suffered a lot during the battle - this book
offers a degree of precision never reached regarding the Battle of
Normandy. The wartime and current pictures, the portraits of soldiers
and civilians, the maps and the plans make this book a real movie of
these "three days in hell" between Bayeux and Caen, while the frontline
was still not stabilized, while the soldiers were trying to go from one
enemy strongpoint to another, and while the civilians did not know where
the danger was...
