After D-Day : : Operation Cobra and the Normandy Breakout / / James Jay Carafano.

In Operation Cobra, six US divisions during six dramatic days in Normandy ended the stalemate on the western front, breaking through German defenses after seven weeks of grueling attrition warfare. After D-Day examines the experiences of U.S. soldiers in the July 25-30, 1944, Normandy campaign: thei...

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
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Ano de Publicação:2022
Idioma:English
Colecção:The Art of War
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Descrição Física:1 online resource (295 p.)
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Sumário:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Prologue: The Beaten Path
  • Part 1 The Universe of Battle: Summer 1944
  • 1 The Darkening Sky
  • 2 Living in Hell
  • 3 A Measure of Power
  • 4 The Essence of Decisions
  • Part 2 The Day of Infantry: 25 July 1944
  • 5 The Firepower War
  • 6 Taking the High Ground
  • 7 Beyond the Field of White Crosses
  • 8 One Tired Division
  • Part 3 A Clash of Armor: 26 to 30 July 1944
  • 9 A Scheme of Maneuver
  • 10 A Tank Show, at Tank Speed
  • 11 A Battle Without Fronts
  • Epilogue: The Aftermath
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book