Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
D-Day plus 40 years
D-Day Plus 40 Years
Author: Combat Studies Institute (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operation Overlord
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
D-Day Invasion
Author: iMindsPublisher: iMinds Pty Ltd
ISBN: 1921746939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
The story behind D-Day begins in 1939 when Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, attacked Poland and ignited World War Two. The following year, the Germans occupied France and Western Europe and launched a vicious air war against Britain. In 1941, they invaded the Soviet Union. Seemingly unstoppable, the Nazis now held virtually all of Europe. They imposed a ruthless system of control and unleashed the horror of the Holocaust. However, by 1943, the tide had begun to turn in favor of the Allies, the forces opposed to Germany. In the east, despite huge losses, the Soviets began to force the Germans back.
D-Day Plus 40 Years
Author: The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc
Author: Douglas BrinkleyPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060565276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The acclaimed historian and author of "Tour of Duty" chronicles the heroism of the brave men of D-Day whose selfless courage was celebrated by President Ronald Reagan 40 years later.
D-Day plus 40 years
Author: D-Day plus 40 years
Author: D-Day in Numbers
Author: Jacob F. FieldPublisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1782432396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Discover the numbers that promised to change the balance of power in Europe, and indeed, the world, as Deliverance Day, 1944 got underway.
Juno Beach
Author: Mark ZuehlkePublisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926685709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
On June 6, 1944 the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among this number were 18,000 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a wide expanse of sand. Code named Juno Beach. Here, sheltered inside concrete bunkers and deep trenches, hundreds of German soldiers waited to strike the first assault wave with some ninety 88-millimetre guns, fifty mortars, and four hundred machineguns. A four-foot-high sea wall ran across the breadth of the beach and extending from it into the surf itself were ranks of tangled barbed wire, tank and vessel obstacles, and a maze of mines. Of the five Allied forces landing that day, they were scheduled to be the last to reach the sand. Juno was also the most exposed beach, their day’s objectives eleven miles inland were farther away than any others, and the opposition awaiting them was believed greater than that facing any other force. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. Yet their grip on Juno Beach was firm.
Destination Normandy
Author: G. H. BennettPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 1461750881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A cross-section of the American experience on D-Day Unique perspective from the regimental level that also integrates strategic and tactical considerations Stories of largely forgotten acts of valor G. H. Bennett collects oral histories from the soldiers of three American regiments and weaves them into an intimate account of the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Widely scattered during its drop into Normandy, the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) stopped the advance of an SS division. The untested 116th Infantry Regiment (29th Infantry Division) landed on bloody Omaha Beach, where it suffered more casualties than any other regiment that day. Meanwhile, the 22nd Infantry Regiment (4th Infantry Division) easily waded ashore on Utah Beach but faced savage fighting as it moved inland.