UID:
almafu_9961373835602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (261 p.)
ISBN:
1-4742-1100-3
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1-4411-3817-X
Serie:
Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
Inhalt:
"The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the French coast - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - constituted the largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold, and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the Normandy Campaign."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Way and Planning 1940-1943 -- 2. A Quiet Backwater of War? -- 3. Revised Plans; Neptune' Force G and K and Airpower -- 4. 50th Infantry Division -- 5. Preparing for Gold Beach -- 6. Morning -- 7. Afternoon and Evening -- 8. Exploitation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
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Also issued in print.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-350-02782-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-4411-8328-0
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781474211000
