Description

A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings.

On their western flank, the Allied landings on D-Day combined a parachute drop by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions with an amphibious assault on “Utah” Beach by the US 4th Infantry Division. The landings came ashore in the wrong place but met weaker German resistance as a result. The heaviest fighting took place inland where the badly scattered paratroopers gradually gathered in small groups and made for their objectives.

This book traces the story of D-Day on Utah beach, revealing how the infantry pushed inland and linked up with the Airborne troops in a beachhead five miles deep. Now the battle to break out and seize the key port of Cherbourg could begin.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Battle
Chronology

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Landings 4th Inf. Div.
Uncle & Victor Beaches
82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise
101st Airborne and the Carentan Road
Six Days 7-12 June

Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Jul 20 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782001478
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 98 b/w; 11 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 104
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from U…

Illustrator

Howard Gerrard

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of A…

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