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Utah Beach
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- Book Synopsis
- The landing beach closest to Normandy's largest port, Cherbourg, and regarded by the Germans as the most important Allied objective, Utah was isolated from the other D-Day beaches, meaning that that troops landing there would have to fight alone until a link-up could be achieved. Accordingly, the US First Army committed a powerful landing force, preceded by a night parachute and glider assault, part of the largest night drop ever mounted. Despite wide scattering, the airborne troops secured the critical communications centre of Ste Mere Eglise on D-Day, the first village in Normandy to be liberated.Supported by a devastating air and naval bombardment, although landing on the wrong beach in bad weather, 4th Infantry Division took only 197 casualties out of 23,000 troops that landed on D-Day, and by the early afternoon had begun to link up with the first of the paratroopers.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780750930130
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The History Press, (31 March 2004)
- Number of Pages
- 188
- Weight
- 550 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 159 x 17 mm
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