Omaha Beach : V Corps battle for the beachhead /
Tim Kilvert-Jones.
- Barnsley, South Yorshire : Conshohocken, Penn. : Cooper ; Combined Pub., �1999.
- 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Battleground Europe. Normandy .
- Battleground Europe. Normandy. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 179) and index.
The second front -- Overlord assault plan : Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc -- The invasion -- Tour A : D-Day -- Rangers at Pointe du Hoc -- Tour B-1 : D-Day -- 29th Division's units at Omaha Beach -- Tour B-2 : D-Day -- the assault by the 1st Dvision -- Epilogue : at the going down of the sun.
This book guides the reader through the battle for the V Corps beachhead, the fiercest and bloodiest of the Landings. Events from the early stages of planning Operation Neptune-Overlord through to the battles between 6 to 8 June 1944 are examined.
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008114153 Uk
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
1939-1945
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