In the week after the D-Day landings, British and Canadian forces in the east were ordered to pin down as many German troops as possible to take the pressure off the Americans. This book describes the attempted capture of Villers-Bocage and Evrecy as well as Lingevres and Les Verrieres. About the AuthorLt Col George Forty OBE, FMA is the author of over forty books on military subjects, including US Army Handbook 1939-1949, British Army Handbook 1939-1945 and The Desert War for Sutton. Lt Col Forty served in the British Army for thirty-two years with the Royal Tank Regiment and was formerly the Curator of the Bovington Tank Museum in Doraet.