Normandy to victory: the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army
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| Beschreibung: | Reproduces in edited form the First Army's daily war diary, maintained for Hodges by his aides. Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 575, [16] S. Ill. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of Maps
8
Acknowledgments
9
Introduction 11
PART I: FOUR YEARS OF GERMAN OCCUPATION
15
1 June 1
940:
The Defeat of France
16
2
France under the Occupation
26
3
Construction of the Atlantic Wall
42
4
German Forces in Normandy on the Eve of the Allied Invasion
58
PART II:
OPERATIO!
OVERLORD: THE PLAN
69
5
Strategic Preparations
70
6
Airborne Operations
78
7
Amphibious and Naval Operations
94
PART III: D-DAY: THE INVASION
107
8
Airborne Missions
108
9
The Beaches
134
10
Consolidating the Beachheads
182
PART IV:
EXPAWDÍWG
THE BEACHHEADS
205
11 The First U.S. Army and the Capture of Cherbourg
206
12
The Second British Army and the Battle of Caen
218
PARTV: OPE
RATI
ON COBRA
231
13
Preliminaries
232
14
The Breakthrough at
Saint-Lô
238
PART VI: NORMANDY S STALINGRAD
253
15
The Counterattack at Mortain
254
16
The
Falaise
Pocket:The Road of Death
(Todesgang) 260
17
The Race to Paris
272
Epilogue
283
Appendices
290
A: The Battlefield: Then and Now
B: Unit Insignia
Bibliography
293
Index
293
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CONTENTS
List of Maps
8
Acknowledgments
9
Introduction 11
PART I: FOUR YEARS OF GERMAN OCCUPATION
15
1 June 1
940:
The Defeat of France
16
2
France under the Occupation
26
3
Construction of the Atlantic Wall
42
4
German Forces in Normandy on the Eve of the Allied Invasion
58
PART II:
OPERATIO!
OVERLORD: THE PLAN
69
5
Strategic Preparations
70
6
Airborne Operations
78
7
Amphibious and Naval Operations
94
PART III: D-DAY: THE INVASION
107
8
Airborne Missions
108
9
The Beaches
134
10
Consolidating the Beachheads
182
PART IV:
EXPAWDÍWG
THE BEACHHEADS
205
11 The First U.S. Army and the Capture of Cherbourg
206
12
The Second British Army and the Battle of Caen
218
PARTV: OPE
RATI
ON COBRA
231
13
Preliminaries
232
14
The Breakthrough at
Saint-Lô
238
PART VI: NORMANDY'S STALINGRAD
253
15
The Counterattack at Mortain
254
16
The
Falaise
Pocket:The Road of Death
(Todesgang) 260
17
The Race to Paris
272
Epilogue
283
Appendices
290
A: The Battlefield: Then and Now
B: Unit Insignia
Bibliography
293
Index
293 |
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