Beyond the beachhead : the 29th Infantry Division in Normandy /
Follows the movements of the 29th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army over the course of forty-five days of combat during the Normandy campaign.
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| Language: | English |
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Mechanicsburg, Pa. :
Stackpole Books,
[1999]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Twenty-none, let's go, June 1944
- Stateside: the blue and the gray division, 1917-1942
- England: "Us and the home guard," October 1942-June 1944
- The enemy: Festung Europa, 1940-1944
- Men and guns: the emptiness of the battlefield, 1944
- D-Day: "We've go to be infantrymen now," June 16, 1944
- The beachhead: "Boche Kaput," June 7-9, 1944
- On to St. Lô: "It didn't smell right from the first," June 10-13, 1944
- Stagnation: "Altogether it was Hell," June 14-July 10, 1944
- Triumph: the major of St. Lô, July 11-13, 1944.