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Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day
Richard C. Anderson Jr.
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Description for Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 175 b/w photos & 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 938.
When the British and Canadians landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, they were accompanied by specialized armored vehicles that had the job of removing German obstacles and mines from the invasion beaches. Developed by the Royal Engineers and known as Hobart’s Funnies, these unique tanks featured ingenious innovations--ranging from a giant 290-millimeter mortar to carpet-laying and bridge-laying devices--to support their mission on D-Day and after. Covering both the technical development of these engineer vehicles and their combat deployment, military historian Richard C. Anderson Jr. gives a minute-by-minute account ... Read more
When the British and Canadians landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, they were accompanied by specialized armored vehicles that had the job of removing German obstacles and mines from the invasion beaches. Developed by the Royal Engineers and known as Hobart’s Funnies, these unique tanks featured ingenious innovations--ranging from a giant 290-millimeter mortar to carpet-laying and bridge-laying devices--to support their mission on D-Day and after. Covering both the technical development of these engineer vehicles and their combat deployment, military historian Richard C. Anderson Jr. gives a minute-by-minute account ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, United States
ISBN
9780811705899
SKU
9780811705899
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About Richard C. Anderson Jr.
Richard C. Anderson Jr. graduated from George Mason University with a degree in history and has worked for more than twenty years as a military analyst, currently with the U.S. Army. He is also the author of Hitler’s Last Gamble (with Trevor N. Dupuy and David Bongard) and Artillery Hell (with Curt Johnson).
Reviews for Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day
No student of D-Day should be without this outstanding book in which there is no trace of national bias.
Casemate Magazine
This book offers military historians pages of well researched and illustrated material illuminating the sadly little known story of the British 79th Armoured Division’s assault units as deployed in Operation Overlord on June 6th 1944... a fresh ... Read more
Casemate Magazine
This book offers military historians pages of well researched and illustrated material illuminating the sadly little known story of the British 79th Armoured Division’s assault units as deployed in Operation Overlord on June 6th 1944... a fresh ... Read more