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Campaign 100: D-Day 1944 (1) Omaha Beach

By Steven J. Zaloga , Howard Gerrard , Ramiro Bujeiro

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2003
ISBN
1841763675, 9781841763675
Open Library ID
OL8922330M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8723329 bytes)
Pages
96\96
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

The first title in Osprey's survey of the D-Day landings of World War II (1939-1945). The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military operation ever mounted. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was assembled to transport the Allied invasion force across the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler’s Third Reich. Of the landings on the five assault beaches, Omaha Beach was the only one ever in doubt. Within moments of the first wave landing a third of the assault troops were casualties. Yet by the end of D-Day the Atlantic Wall had been breached and the US Army’s V Corps was firmly entrenched on French soil.

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