LEADER 04210nam 22005053 450 001 9910163334103321 005 20250730080351.0 010 $a9781782892632 010 $a178289263X 035 $a(CKB)3810000000097632 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781782892632 035 $a(Perlego)3020718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32215035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32215035 035 $a(OCoLC)923350104 035 $a(Exl-AI)993810000000097632 035 $a(Exl-AI)32215035 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000097632 100 $a20250730d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOMAHA BEACHHEAD - (6 June-13 June 1944) [Illustrated Edition] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aTBD :$cPickle Partners Publishing,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014. 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 327 $aTitle page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- OPERATION NEPTUNE -- Navy and Air Forces -- 21 Army Group -- V Corps Planning -- ASSAULT PLAN -- Terrain -- Enemy Defenses -- Pre-Assault Bombardment Plans -- Plan of Assault Landings -- Plan for Movement to Inland Objectives -- D DAY: THE LANDINGS -- Approach to the Beach -- The Initial Assault Wave -- The Later Assault Waves: 116th RCT -- The Later Assault Waves: 16th RCT -- Conditions on the Beach: 0730-0800 -- ASSAULT OF THE BLUFFS -- The Advance From Dog White -- The Advance Between D-3 and E-1 Draws -- The Advance From Easy Red -- The Advance From Fox Green -- Other Assault Actions -- The Beach: 0800-1200 -- Landing of Reinforcements on Easy Red -- The Rangers at Pointe du Hoc -- ADVANCE INLAND -- Vierville Area$7Generated by AI. 330 $aIllustrated with over 40 photos and 15 maps of the engagement.The momentous events of the 6th of June 1944, D-Day, still resonate around the world, almost 200,000 Allied Soldiers were thrown against the Nazi dominated coast of France in a bid to free Western Europe from the Fascist grip that had held it since 1939. The plan was audacious, ambitious and exceptionally dangerous, the Allied Planners had decided to attack across five sectors over the beaches of Normandy, from the British and Canadian forces on the right at the mouth of the river Orne to the American Troops at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. Without doubt the toughest sector of all was the beach code-named "Omaha" it was vital as it linked the Americans with the British landing to the east; however it was beset with sheer cliffs at either end of the beach, a deep sloping beach, the most advanced defences and the best of the German troops on the coast.As this book recounts in vivid detail, the reality on the beaches was truly hellish, wide beaches swept by artillery, mortar, machine gun and rifle fire filled with casualties as men clung to the beach obstacles for the only cover to be had. As the American troops on the ground struggled forward, errors in navigation led to reinforcements being routed to the wrong beaches and supporting amphibious tanks sank in the rough seas. That any of the men made it off the beaches at all was a miracle based on inspired leadership, hard training and sheer courage in the face of horrendous death dealing fire.As immortalised in the film Saving Private Ryan, this book produced by the American Army Historical Section recounts in superb, often brutal, detail the struggle on Omaha Beach. It is tale never to be forgotten and as the narrative based on the personal interviews with the men and officers of the 1st, 2nd and 29th divisions, along with the official reports and documents it is as engaging as it is authoritative. 606 $aOperation Neptune$7Generated by AI 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$7Generated by AI 607 $aNormandy (France)$7Generated by AI 615 0$aOperation Neptune 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.5421 700 $aAnon$0815482 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163334103321 996 $aOMAHA BEACHHEAD - (6 June-13 June 1944)$94175585 997 $aUNINA