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Barrel's Bottom. The Red forces encountered surprisingly sparse deployments of German tanks and other armor. Probably half of the Reich's armor was pinned down in Italy and France; the remainder was not enough for Russia...
...everything had gone perfectly with the invasion, but the general situation was good. Monty had hoped to be able to take the high ground beyond the Orne River before the Germans could move in much armor to oppose him. That plan had not worked out, mainly because the first and strongest German counterattacks came in that area. Monty was still driving for his immediate objectives, but his men were fighting hard for every foot of ground they took...
...first British drive had carried to the town's outskirts; then it was hurled back. The battle settled down to a slugging match between the British Second Army and a German army, apparently the Seventh. Best break for the Allies was that the enemy never collected enough armor for a solid breakthrough attack. He committed his tanks piecemeal until four Panzer divisions were engaged in the fighting...
This country is almost ideal for tank warfare. On that plain, a battle of armor may be shaping up on a scale great enough to determine the course of the war in the west; perhaps it will be the El Alamein of western Europe...
Abruptly, the British brigadier withdrew his striking force. He telephoned the U.S. commander on his right, asked him please to clear a road which had been assigned to U.S. troops. The American obliged. The British armor charged down the road, flanked Tilly. The Germans, stymied, had to pull...