St Lo 1944 Zaloga Steven J. Author
St Lo 1944 Zaloga Steven J. Author Following the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, the First US Army engaged in a six-week struggle to break out of the Normandy beach-head. The city was the site of a…
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St Lo 1944 Zaloga Steven J. Author
Following the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, the First US Army engaged in a six-week struggle to break out of the Normandy beach-head. The city was the site of a crucial cross-roads and was thus a vital target for the invading Allied forces; the initial bombing attacks were so severe that the writer Samuel Beckett would later report that it had been 'bombed out of existence in one night'. The hedgerow country of lower Normandy, called the Bocage, presented unanticipated tactical problems since it proved to be ideal for German infantry defense.This book examines the brutal attritional struggle in June-July 1944 to overcome the determined German defense and secure St L .
Using full-color artwork, photographs and maps, this is the engaging story of one of the key The attack by ground forces turned into a brutal attritional struggle to overcome the determined German defense.
Anzio 1944 Zaloga Steven
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