Cross-channel attack /
by Gordon A. Harrison.
- Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
- xvii, 519 pages : illustrations ; color maps ; 26 cm
- CMH pub ; 70-4 United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations .
- CMH pub ; 70-4. United States Army in World War II. European theater of operations. .
Originally published: Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1951. Shipping list no.: 2002-0302-P.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-492) and index.
The roots of strategy. General Marshall's Project. The Casablanca Conference -- Outline Overlord (January-July 1943). The COSSAC Plans -- Overlord in the balance (August-December 1943). Strategy reviewed: the Quebec Conference. The Cairo-Tehran Conferences -- The German army in France, 1940-1943 -- Overlord revised. The Anvil-Overlord debate. The Neptune Plans -- Preliminary operations. The French Resistance -- German Defense measures, 1944. OKW Policy in 1944 -- The sixth of June. The D-Day beachhead -- The V Corps lodgment (7-18 June). The Caumont Gap. Toward St. L�o -- The capture of Cherbourg (8 June-1 July).
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World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
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