D-Day 1944 (4)
Subtitle: Gold & Juno Beaches
Contributors: Lyles, Kevin
Series: Campaign, 112
Publisher: Osprey Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781846035678
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945
Description: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the landings of British 50th Division on Gold Beach and Canadian 3rd Division on Juno Beach. Not only did they provide the vital link between the landings of British 3rd Division on Sword Beach and the Americans to the west on Omaha, they would be crucial to the securing of the beachhead and the drive inland to Bayeux and Caen. In the fourth D-Day volume Ken Ford details the assault that began the liberation of Nazi-occupied Eur.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Imprint; Contents; Origins Of The Battle; Chronology; Opposing Commanders; Allied Commanders; German Commanders; Opposing Armies; The British Army; The German Army; Opposing Plans; British XXX Corps Plans; British I Corps Plans; German Plans; The Landings: Gold Beach; 231st Brigade's Landings; 69th Brigade's Landings; The Move Inland; German Reaction To The Landings On Gold Beach; The Landings: Juno Beach; Canadian 7th Brigade's Landings; Canadian 8th Brigade's Landings; German Reaction To The Landings On Juno Beach; The First Seven Days; Aftermath.; title: The Battlefield TodayOrder Of Battle; Bibliography; Index.