The American GI in Europe in World War II: D-Day: Storming Ashore

Author： Kaufmann > J. E.  

Publisher： Stackpole Books‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9780811746588

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780811704540

Subject： K712.53 第二次世界大战时期（1939~1945年）

Keyword： 世界军事

Language： ENG

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Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. Includes sidebars on landing craft, the naval bombardment, engineers, medics, the Germans' defenses, and more.

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The American GI In Europe In World War II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1 Amphibious Exercises

Chapter 2 Ships, Tanks, and Harbors

Chapter 3 The Air Element

Chapter 4 The Air Campaign

Chapter 5 Deception, Assembly, and Intelligence

Chapter 6 The Assault Divisions Prepare

Chapter 7 Final Preparations

Chapter 8 The 101st Airborne Division on June 5–6

Chapter 9 The 82nd Airborne Division on June 5–6

Chapter 10 Air and Sea Missions, June 6, 1944

Chapter 11 The Landings on Utah Beach

Chapter 12 The Landings on Omaha Beach (Part 1)

Chapter 13 The Landings on Omaha Beach (Part 2)

Chapter 14 U.S. and British Perspectives on D-Day

Glossary

Acknowledgments

Index

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