| Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, 75th Anniversary Edition Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Balkoski, Joseph (Author), McManus, John C. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0811738442 ISBN-13: 9780811738446 Publisher: Stackpole Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 940.542 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign 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. L . 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. |