Author : Joseph Balkoski
Release : 2005
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 376/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Beyond the Beachhead by : Joseph Balkoski
Download or read book Beyond the Beachhead written by Joseph Balkoski. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division, the 29th, during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lt. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps, Balkoski follows the 29th from the bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of Normandy, illustrating the brutal realities of life on the front line. Expanded edition includes a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.