Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, was an unqualified success, and in the days after the landings tens of thousands of troops poured ashore and advanced inland. General Omar Bradley 's US First Army was well prepared for a mobile war, and had lavish quantities of tanks, stream-crossing and bridging equipment, and trucks. However, as they headed inland in Normandy his men encountered terrain that dashed their expectations of a fluid campaign: the bocage. The Battle of the Hedgerows is the story of the campaign of the US First Army over seven slogging weeks in June and July 1944.

List of maps: the German chain of command in the West, May 1944; German tactics in the bocage; The situation in Normandy, 13- 30 June 1944; The attack on Hill 192 by the US 38th Infantry Regiment; The bocage country of Normandy; Hedge-busting tactics in Normandy; The situation in Normandy, one- 24 July 1944; The US VI corps beachhead, 14 June 1944; The capture of Hauts-Vents; The US 29th Infantry Division attack on St-Lô; The attack on Hill 192; The assault of the US 29th infantry division, 12- 13 July 1944, The US 23rd infantry division on Hill 192; The situation east of St-Lô, 15- 16 July 1944 the situation north of St-Lô, 11 July 1944; The fall of St-Lô.

Pre-invasion plans and objectives -- American operational and tactical doctrine -- The fight for The Hedgerows phase one -- The fight for The Hedgerows, Phase 2 -- The battle won -- Conclusion.