56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day - An Independent Infantry Brigade Campaign in North West Europe 1944

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Holborn is an independent scholar. Klappentext This study traces the journey made by the three battalions of the 56th (Independent) Infantry Brigade from 1940 through to the Normandy landings.This study traces the journey made by the three battalions of the 56th (Independent) Infantry Brigade from 1940 through to the Normandy landings. Zusammenfassung A study that traces the journey made by the three battalions of the 56th (Independent) Infantry Brigade from 1940 through to the Normandy landings. It considers the styles of war as carried out by British forces and casts new light on the effectiveness of British infantry units and their contribution to war effort. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. In the Wings; Continental War to Home Front 2. Chosen for the Second Front 3. From the sealed Camps to Sailing for Normandy 4. Smashing through the German defences 5. Fighting in the Bocage 6. Holding the Right Flank 7. Breakthrough8. Belgium to ‘The Island'9. May 1944 The Hunger Winter and the taking of ArnhemConclusion Appendix One: Badge 56th Brigade. Appendix Two: Map Exercise Smash. Appendix Three: Map Exercise Fabius Appendix Four: 56th Brigade, Order of Beaching for D-Day. Appendix Five: 50th Division Landing Phase Map. Appendix Six: Map Bayeux to Juvigny. June 1944. Appendix Seven: 56th Brigade Reinforcement Requirements. BibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Andrew Holborn
• Assisted by: Jeremy Black (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2012
• EAN: 9781441111401
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-1140-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Continuum Studies in Military History; Continuum Studies in Military; Bloomsbury Studies in Military; Bloomsbury Studies in Military History; Continuum Studies in Military; Continuum Studies in Military History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories