Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy by Stephen E. Ambrose
Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy by Stephen E. Ambrose
English | Jan 26, 1999 | ISBN: 0739403281, 0811726827 | 320 Pages | EPUB | 2.8 MB
English | Jan 26, 1999 | ISBN: 0739403281, 0811726827 | 320 Pages | EPUB | 2.8 MB
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. Lô. 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.
"If you want to know what it was like, from Private to General, from rifle to tank, from beginning to end, this is the book for you." –Charles M. Schultz