TY - BOOK AU - Kilvert-Jones,Tim TI - Omaha Beach: V Corps battle for the beachhead T2 - Battleground Europe. Normandy SN - 085052671X AV - D756.5.N6 K56 PY - 1999/// CY - Barnsley, South Yorshire, Conshohocken, Penn. PB - Cooper, Combined Pub. KW - United States KW - Army KW - Infantry Division, 1st KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Battlefields KW - France KW - Normandy KW - Guidebooks KW - fast KW - Military campaigns KW - travel guidebooks KW - aat KW - Military history KW - lcgft KW - Guides touristiques KW - rvmgf N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -