Totalize -Tractable : Normandy, August 44

In July and August 1944, the Allies launched a number of operations intended to break through the German front line.

Operations Totalize and Tractable were intended to drive the Germans back to the south of the Normandy town of Falaise, thus creating the famous "Falaise Gap". Ludovic Fortin is has become a real specialist on the British Army and of operations in Normandy in particular.

His human approach to events gives a new perspective to the conflicts.

He is also the author of the highly successful book, "British Tanks in Normandy" also published by Histoire & Collections. This book contains numerous plans and maps and is richly illustrated with unpublished photographs and color armor profiles.