Building for Battle: Hitler's D-Day Defences - Kaplan, Philip

Hitler's D-Day Defences

KORTE INHOUD

Following nearly two years of planning and exacting preparation, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of the Nazi-dominated European continent, was mounted in the early hours of 6th June, 1944. It was to be a pivotal event leading to the end of the Second World War and victory for the Allied forces. The invasion itself was centered on the largest amphibious landing operation in history. It involved 7000 naval vessels, 3000 aircraft, 17000 American and British paratroopers and thousands of additional military personnel. What awaited the Allied landing forces - many of them suffering the effects of sea sickness when they were delivered into the surf of the five main landing beaches on the Normandy coast of France - were key elements in the formidable defenses of Hitler's vaunted 'Atlantic Wall'. The Wall was a 2500-mile chain of various types of fortifications stretching from the North Cape to the Bay of Biscay. That portion of the German defenses between Caen to the east and Cherbourg to the west was partic... Lees verder...

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2017Uitgever: Barnsley, Pen & Sword175 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1526705400ISBN-13: 9781526705402

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