Death of a Nazi Army The Falaise Pocket Author:William B. Breuer For seven weeks after D-Day, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops were bottled up along the landing beaches. Finally, 3,000 American and British planes bombarded a narrow path into enemy territory, and the Allies surrounded 100,000 die-hard Germans at Falaise. "Breuer's stirring reconstruction of the battle as seen from both sides mak... more »es this one of the best WWII books of recent years" 34 photos.« less