One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and on Quiberon Bay. The newly arrived Third US Army (TUSA) under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton was delegated to take on the Brittany mission. In one of the most rapid mechanized advances of the war, TUSA had the ports of Avranches and Quiberon encircled by the second week of August 1944. But cha Brittany 1944 - Steven J. Zaloga, Darren Tan (Ilustrátor) od authora Steven J. Zaloga, Darren Tan (Ilustrátor) a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.