OMAHA BEACH – THE BLOODY ONE
OMAHA BEACH – THE BLOODY ONE

OMAHA BEACH – THE BLOODY ONE

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6 June 1944. In the grey dawn, the landing craft carrying the assault elements of two U.S. divisions, along with Combat Engineers and Rangers, advance towards the beach assigned to them as their objective.

 

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Its code name: Omaha Beach. Exhausted by the crossing and struck by seasickness, the assault troops were nonetheless convinced that the German defences had been crushed by naval and aerial bombardment. Across the water, entrenched in the coastal fortifications they had still been improving just the day before, German infantrymen waited for the American soldiers to reach the shoreline before opening fire. 6:30 a.m. The landing craft of the first wave scrape the sand and the ramps go down. For the Germans, it is the signal. On the beach soon to be called Bloody Omaha, it would be hell... This volume invites you to discover this page of History. The first part sets out the units of both sides, presents the American plan and reviews in detail the German defensive positions. In the second part, the book covers the successive landings of the assault waves, follows step by step the difficult advance of the GIs across the beach under a torrent of fire, amid the anti-landing obstacles. Above all, it retraces in words and images the full violence and horror of the fighting…
Author 1
Georges Bernage
Publication date
01/10/2013
Pages
160
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
HEIMDAL

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