Cover up at Omaha Beach
The Rangers mission was clear. They were to lead the assault on Omaha Beach and breakout inland. Simultaneously other Ranger units would scale the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to destroy the &quote;huge&quote; gun battery there and thus protect the invasion fleet from being targeted. But was the Pointe du Hoc mission actually necessary? Why did the Allies plan and execute an attack on a gun battery which they knew in advance contained no field guns? And more importantly, why did they ignore the position at Maisy that did? Using personal interviews with the surviving Rangers who fought on the beach and at Pointe du Hoc - this is a work of e…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4738-3320-3
- EAN: 9781473833203
- Produktnummer: 22581065
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 316 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 86'479 KB
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