Defending Fortress Europe: The War Diary of the German 7th Army in Normandy, 6 June to 26 July 1944

摘要

For the many of us who served on Army staff or other military staff, one of the critical elements in any unit was keeping the journal, the daily staff log. This staff log served as a historical record of everything the unit did and the actions it took. I recall days and late nights in an M111 Personnel Carrier in the tactical-operations center compiling my portion of this. Many young Armor lieutenants "back in the day" cut their professional-staff-work teeth on this task. So with great interest I reviewed this war diary of the 7th Army. The 7th Army was the major German combat formation from D-Day until the breakout with Operation Cobra across France in July 1944. What makes this fresh and useful is the editor is both a retired Armor officer as well a s a very knowledgeable current military historian with extensive experience with the war on terror.