Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in NormandyStackpole Books, 1999 - Всего страниц: 304 Examines the experience of one infantry division - the 29th - during 45 days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation at St Lo. Using interviews, official records and unit histories, this book follows the 29th from bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of Normandy, illustrating the brutal realities of life on the front line. |
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II ENGLAND Us and the Home Guard October 1942June 1944 | 36 |
THE ENEMY Festung Europa 19401944 | 65 |
MEN AND GUNS The Emptiness of the Battlefield 1944 | 80 |
DDAY Weve Got to Be Infantrymen Now June 6 1944 | 117 |
THE BEACHHEAD Boche Kaput June 79 1944 | 148 |
ON TO ST LO It Didnt Smell Right from the First June 1013 1944 | 175 |
STAGNATION Altogether It Was Hell June 14July 10 1944 | 206 |
TRIUMPH The Major of St Lo July 1123 1944 | 236 |
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