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World War, 1939-1945 --- D-Day, 1944 (Normandy invasion) --- Normandy Invasion, 1944 (Military operation) --- Campaigns

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World War, 1939-1945 --- D-Day, 1944 (Normandy invasion) --- Normandy Invasion, 1944 (Military operation) --- Campaigns --- United States. --- Rudder's Rangers

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Based on the written testimonies and personal archives of two veterans of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached to the famous US 82nd Airborne Division, this book tells the story of two young Americans who unwittingly became actors in one of the greatest crusades against tyranny the world has ever known. In order to better understand the motivations of those young men, the author describes their family upbringing, taking us through the youth and adolescence of these heroes in an America directly hit by the crisis of the 1930s. He shows us the similarity in the education received in th

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Illustrated with over 40 photos and 15 maps of the engagement.The momentous events of the 6th of June 1944, D-Day, still resonate around the world, almost 200,000 Allied Soldiers were thrown against the Nazi dominated coast of France in a bid to free Western Europe from the Fascist grip that had held it since 1939. The plan was audacious, ambitious and exceptionally dangerous, the Allied Planners had decided to attack across five sectors over the beaches of Normandy, from the British and Canadian forces on the right at the mouth of the river Orne to the American Troops at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. Without doubt the toughest sector of all was the beach code-named "Omaha" it was vital as it linked the Americans with the British landing to the east; however it was beset with sheer cliffs at either end of the beach, a deep sloping beach, the most advanced defences and the best of the German troops on the coast.As this book recounts in vivid detail, the reality on the beaches was truly hellish, wide beaches swept by artillery, mortar, machine gun and rifle fire filled with casualties as men clung to the beach obstacles for the only cover to be had. As the American troops on the ground struggled forward, errors in navigation led to reinforcements being routed to the wrong beaches and supporting amphibious tanks sank in the rough seas. That any of the men made it off the beaches at all was a miracle based on inspired leadership, hard training and sheer courage in the face of horrendous death dealing fire.As immortalised in the film Saving Private Ryan, this book produced by the American Army Historical Section recounts in superb, often brutal, detail the struggle on Omaha Beach. It is tale never to be forgotten and as the narrative based on the personal interviews with the men and officers of the 1st, 2nd and 29th divisions, along with the official reports and documents it is as engaging as it is authoritative.

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It has been seventy years since Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy. Despite being one of the best-known events in history, and the subject of a multitude of books, there are still ongoing debates about several aspects of the Normandy campaign. Over the years there have been many opinions stated about German forces, their organization and casualties in Normandy, many of the conclusions based upon incomplete data. This reference book, fully revised and updated, is the result of Niklas Zetterling's thorough survey and analysis of all the primary data available on German forces in Normandy, compiled and explained for the historian and general reader. His research has enabled him to provide a new assessment of German soldiers and panzers employed in Normandy and their movements and, based upon that, a new analysis of German casualties, and German combat efficiency compared to that of the Allied forces. Along the way he confronts a number of popular myths concerning the German forces in Normandy, in particular the preferential treatment of Waffen-SS formations in comparison the their army counterparts, and the effectiveness of Allied air power during the battle. The book also has orders of battle for German combat formations in Normandy--including general headquarters formations, infantry and panzer divisions--and a number of appendices offering additional detail. The text is supported with copious footnotes, organizational charts and diagrams. This is an essential reference work for anyone interested in the fighting in Normandy in 1944. -- Dust jacket.

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