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D-Day Beach Assault Troops

Door Gordon L. Rottman e.a.

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#321966-XA24
Titel
D-Day Beach Assault Troops
Auteur
Rottman, Gordon L. & Peter Dennis (illustrations)
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Oxford : Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2017
ISBN10
1472819462
ISBN13
9781472819468
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations in colour and b/w, 8vo. Elite 219.
Samenvatting

In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the first of over 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed five beaches in Normandy against fierce German resistance. They were specially trained and task-organized in a range of different landing teams depending on their means of transport, their tasks, and the resistance they anticipated. The first assault infantry were accompanied by tankers, combat engineers, and other specialist personnel, to breach German obstacles, knock out defensive positions, and to defend and prepare the beaches for the follow-on waves. On some beaches the plans worked, on others they were disrupted by bad weather, faulty timing, or enemy fire, with consequences that varied from survivable confusion to absolute carnage. This is an in-depth study of the uniforms, equipment, weapons, p
... (Lees verder)assage, landings, and tactics of US, British and Canadian assault units during the period from before H-Hour on June 6 to dawn on June 7.
Pagina's
64
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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