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Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
Cross-channel Attack
Author: Cross Channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher: BDD Promotional Books Company
ISBN: 9780792458562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Discusses the Allied invasion of Normandy, with extensive details about the planning stage, called Operation Overlord, as well as the fighting on Utah and Omaha Beaches.
Cross-Channel Attack
Author: Gordon Andrews HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Normandy (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Cross-channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Cross-Channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530830022
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Cross-Channel Attack, first published 1951 as part of the U.S. Army in World War II series is the official history of the D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord), from the earliest planning, to the buildup of men and equipment in England, to the beach landings in Normandy, and closing with the capture of Cherbourg. The book also examines the history of the German occupation of France and German plans to counter the Allied invasion, including the extensive defensive measures constructed along the Normandy coastline. Allied landings are discussed in detail, with an emphasis on American actions; however stories by individual soldiers are not included in this higher-level look at the planning and execution of the invasion. Appendices include the Overlord plans, important documents, table of equivalent ranks, divisional comparison, German deployments, recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, glossary of key names and code words, a bibliography and index. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.
United States Army in WWII - Europe - Cross-Channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782894136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
[Includes 4 charts, 31 maps and 62 illustrations] Cross-Channel Attack has been planned and written as the introduction to the history of those campaigns in 1944 and 1945 which led to the destruction of the German armies in the west. It provides necessary background for the study of all the campaigns in the European Theater of Operations. The narrative of operations ends on 1 July 1944, with the Allies firmly established in Normandy. The concluding chapters show the successful fruition of plans and preparations reaching back as far as January 1942; but the seizure of the Norman beaches and the establishment of a lodgment area are only a beginning, a point of departure for the drive to the Elbe and the Baltic. Although Cross Channel Attack includes discussion of certain problems of high command and logistics, a more complete treatment is accorded these subjects in two volumes now under preparation in this series: The Supreme Command and Logistical Support of the Armies. Whether the reader approaches the book with the justified pride that he was a member or supporter of the winning team, or whether he reads to learn, is a matter for him to decide. The victor tends to prepare to win the next war with the same means and methods with which he won the last. He forgets the difficulty of reaching decisions, the planning problems, his faltering, his unpreparedness. The vanquished is wont to search far afield for new and improved methods, means, and equipment. The accomplishments of those who fought in this period were indeed great, as were the sacrifices. But from the national viewpoint it would seem desirable to read this volume with the self-critical eye of the vanquished as well as with the pride of the victor, an approach which the thoughtful reader will not find difficult.
United States Army in World War II.: Cross-channel attack
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Cross-Channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781610010245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The US Army's official history of the D-Day invasion, from its earliest planning stages to the logistical buildup in England to the beach landings and the move towards Cherbourg. With 20 pages of photos.
The European Theater of Operations
Author: Gordon A. HarrisonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781410201638
Category : Normandy (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book deals with the planning and the difficulties encountered incident to the mounting of the largest amphibious assault ever undertaken in military history. Much of the information it contains has not heretofore been a matter of public knowledge. For example, light is for the first time thrown upon the enemy's conflicting theories of defense against Allied air superiority and upon his paucity of first-class troops. This information is derived from the official records of the Wehrmacht and from signed statements of German participants. Many of the difficulties encountered in the planning, as well as in the execution stage of the operation, are here described to the public for the first time.
CROSS-CHANNEL ATTACK
Author: Gordon a. HarrisonPublisher: St. John's Press
ISBN: 9781944961510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
OVERLORD, the cross-Channel attack which hit the German-occupied coast of Normandy on 6 June 1944, was one of the last and by far the biggest of the series of amphibious operations by which the United States and the British Empire came to grips with the German-Italian- Japanese Axis in the course of World War II. But it was more than just another attack. It was the supreme effort of the Western Allies in Europe-the consummation of the grand design to defeat Germany by striking directly at the heart of Hitler's Reich. One of the last attacks, it was the fruition of some of the first strategic ideas.
