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D-Day 1944 (2) - Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Western Front

MSRP old price: $24.00


Product Info

Title
D-Day 1944 (2) - Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings
Publisher
Category
Author
Steven Zaloga
Publish Year
2004
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.38"
NKG Part #
2147343644
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM104
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM104

Description

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.