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The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944 The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944 2
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The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944

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The "death corridor" is the neck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket where the German fighting forces in Normandy were to be crushed by Allied power. The Germans left several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket after roughly half of them managed to force their way through. This work recounts that hell. The Battle of Mortain with sensational...
Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville 2
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Dying for Crisbecq and Azeville

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June 6, 6:31 a.m., the 4th Infantry Division lands on Utah Beach while the US Navy, with the USS Nevada, exchanges fire with the German batteries, including the powerful 210 mm guns of the Crisbecq battery, supported by the 105 mm guns of Azeville. At 6:33 a.m., Crisbecq fires three shells below the waterline of the USS Corry, which sinks shortly...
The Submarines of the D-Day Landings The Submarines of the D-Day Landings 2
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The Submarines of the D-Day Landings

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The danger comes from the deep Fallen into oblivion, the fierce naval battles of the First World War left no trace in the public memory. Yet with the use of submarine warfare, they foreshadowed what would become the formidable Battle of the Atlantic convoys during the Second World War. In May 1944, 26 German submarines — relentless hunters of cargo...
The Secret Operations of the D-Day Landings The Secret Operations of the D-Day Landings 2
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The Secret Operations of the D-Day Landings

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To prepare and ensure the success of the Normandy landings, the Allied command devised special operations carried out by small units acting in the greatest secrecy to undertake dangerous missions. Gathering intelligence, deceiving the enemy, facilitating the task of the assault forces and recovering enemy military technology — these were their objectives.
6 June at Dawn… They Landed
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6 June at Dawn… They Landed

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"That morning, the fleet had put to sea. It was impossible for him to count the ships, or even to estimate their number… Wallace stood at the top of the cliff, transfixed and exhilarated by this magnificent spectacle that no one had ever witnessed before and that no one, for certain, would ever witness again." In this masterly work, David Howarth...
CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5 CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5 2
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CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5

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CARENTAN – Linking Omaha Beach – Utah Beach, Part 5 Paratroopers vs. Fallschirmjäger This fifth volume is part of a series of ten works devoted to the American airborne operations in Normandy, ultimately representing more than 3,500 pages and 5,000 photographs. This volume is not a simple history book. It is an immersion. A plunge into the heart of the...
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August 1944 – The 2nd US Armored Division Arrives in La...
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August 1944 – The 2nd US Armored Division Arrives in La Manche, Calvados and Orne

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Following the success of "The 2nd US Armored Division Arrives in the Eure", covering 18 to 24 August 1944, we return to this unit, from 1 to 15 August 1944. We examine the liberation battles at Tessy-sur-Vire, Vire, the Forest of Saint-Sever, Champs du Boult, Gathemo, Chérencé-le-Roussel, the Forêt de la Lande Pourrie, Barenton, Domfront and the...
THE 101ST AIRBORNE IN FRANCE 1944–1945 – The Twilight of... THE 101ST AIRBORNE IN FRANCE 1944–1945 – The Twilight of... 2
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THE 101ST AIRBORNE IN FRANCE 1944–1945 – The Twilight of the Eagles

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Discover The 101st Airborne in France by Denis van den Brink, a hardbound volume of 144 pages devoted to the campaigns and French postings of the famous American airborne division. 945, the Twilight of the Eagles retraces the French journey of one of the most celebrated American divisions of the Second World War. Written by Denis van den Brink, this work...
OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M. 2
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OBJECTIVE OMAHA BEACH 6 JUNE 1944 – 6:30 A.M.

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Omaha Beach is certainly one of the most famous of the five D-Day landing sectors. It was on this 7 km-long beach, backed by cliffs, that American troops suffered their heaviest losses on 6 June 1944. Facing the Americans, the Wehrmacht's 716th Infantry Division defended the beach with machine-gun nests, kilometres of barbed wire, thousands of mines,...
The Other Landing - War Correspondents The Other Landing - War Correspondents 2
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The Other Landing - War Correspondents

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At the heart of the summer 1944 fighting On 6 June 1944, the Allied Armada sweeping through the skies and onto the beaches of Normandy brought with it some of the most celebrated war correspondents, including photographer Robert Capa, writer and journalist Ernest Hemingway, and later Cornelius Ryan, author of The Longest Day. Women, though barred from...
CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part IV –... CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part IV –... 2
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CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part IV – First to Lead Setting up the...

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This volume traces in images the epic story of the 101st Airborne Division during its first combat jump in history. This fourth volume in the Carentan series — conceived as a monumental fresco in ten volumes (more than 3,000 pages and 4,000 photographs) — takes you into the very first hours of D-Day, around drop zone C, at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and...
German Fortresses in Liberated France. An Illustrated...
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German Fortresses in Liberated France. An Illustrated History

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Through previously unpublished photographs, this illustrated essay sheds light on a little-known episode of the Second World War. Lorient, Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle, Royan, the Pointe de Grave, Dunkirk. While Allied troops, having landed in Normandy, pushed eastward, these Atlantic and North Sea ports remained occupied by the Germans… Through previously...
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