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Battle Zone Normandy): Gold Beach

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#322821-XB11
Titel	Battle Zone Normandy): Gold Beach
Auteur	Trew, Simon
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	Stroud : Sutton Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	075093011X
ISBN13	9780750930116
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original pictorial boards, richly illusrated in colour and b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	On D-Day, British XXX Corps was ordered to break open the German defences on Gold Beach and advance to capture Bayeux. Its commander, Lieutenant-General G. C. Bucknall, chose the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, a veteran formation blooded in North Africa, to spearhead the landing, supported by 47 Royal Marine Commando. Despite poor weather conditions hampering the planned armoured support, the assaulting infantry overcame stiff resistance and heavy casualties to storm the beach. By noon Gold Beach was in full use as a reception and dispersal site, with all four brigades of 50th Division ashore and pressing inland. Although Bayeux was not taken, the defences towards Arromanches were quickly cleared, securing the site of the first artificial harbours so vital to the Normandy campaign. The ar... (Lees verder)rival of 7th Armoured Division (the Desert Rats), also North Africa veterans, in the days following D-Day consolidated the beachhead in the face of mounting German resistance, setting the scene for further penetration inland.
Pagina's	188
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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