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EAGLES AND BULLDOGS IN NORMANDY
Michael Reynolds
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Description for EAGLES AND BULLDOGS IN NORMANDY
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 Pages of B&W plates and 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKT; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
This is the story of the two divisions: the American 29th and the British 3rd. After describing the agonies suffered by the Americans on Omaha, and the difficulties that faces the British in overcoming strongpoints at Sword Beach on D-Day, the author traces both divisions as they try to break through the German defences.It was to take the GI's nearly six weeks to reach their objective, whilst the Tommies were forced into a concurrent holding operation redolent of the trench warfare experience of World War One. The main part of Caen, the central communication point and respective objective ... Read more
This is the story of the two divisions: the American 29th and the British 3rd. After describing the agonies suffered by the Americans on Omaha, and the difficulties that faces the British in overcoming strongpoints at Sword Beach on D-Day, the author traces both divisions as they try to break through the German defences.It was to take the GI's nearly six weeks to reach their objective, whilst the Tommies were forced into a concurrent holding operation redolent of the trench warfare experience of World War One. The main part of Caen, the central communication point and respective objective ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848841253
SKU
V9781848841253
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