D-Day 1944 (2) - Utah Beach & the Us Airborne Landings

Informationen zum Autor Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II . He currently lives in Maryland, USA. Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent. Klappentext On their western flank, the Allied landings on D-Day combined a parachute drop by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions with an amphibious assault on "Utah" Beach by the US 4th Infantry Division. The landings came ashore in the wrong place but met weaker German resistance as a result. The heaviest fighting took place inland where the badly scattered paratroopers gradually gathered in small groups and made for their objectives. This book traces the story of D-Day on Utah beach, revealing how the infantry pushed inland and linked up with the Airborne troops in a beachhead five miles deep. Now the battle to break out and seize the key port of Cherbourg could begin. Vorwort A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings during D-Day. Zusammenfassung The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military operation ever mounted. A huge armada was assembled to transport US and British armies across the Channel to open the second front against the Third Reich. This text reveals the events of this day on Utah Beach. Inhaltsverzeichnis Origins of the Battle Chronology Opposing Commanders Opposing Armies Opposing Plans The Landings 4th Inf. Div. Uncle & Victor Beaches 82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise 101st Airborne and the Carentan Road Six Days 7-12 June Aftermath The Battlefield Today Bibliography Index ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mark R. Henry, Steven Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Mitarbeit: Ramiro Bujeiro (Illustration), Howard Gerrard (Illustration), Gerrard Howard (Illustration)
• Verlag: Osprey Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.02.2004
• EAN: 9781841763651
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-365-1
• Seiten: 96
• Abmessung: 180 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Serien: Campaign series; Campaign; Osprey Campaign S.; Print on demand; Campaign; Campaign series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / Naval, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Naval forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, Specific battles, Normandy Beaches