Landing on the edge of eternity: twenty-four hours at Omaha Beach
Drawn from eyewitness accounts, memories, letters, and post-combat reports, examines the first twenty-four hours of the Allied landing on Omaha Beach
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Pegasus Books
November 2018
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| Zusammenfassung: | Drawn from eyewitness accounts, memories, letters, and post-combat reports, examines the first twenty-four hours of the Allied landing on Omaha Beach |
| Beschreibung: | xl, 376 Seiten, 24 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9781681778662 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Some of the Voices from Omaha ix
Abbreviations and Glossary xv
Maps xvii
Introduction xxiii
Prologue * 1:00 a.m. June 6, 1944 xxix
ONE « THE FAR SHORE * 1:00 A.M. TO 4:30 A.M.
The Plage d’Or * 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. 1
Where the German Soldier Stands Nobody Gets In! • 3:00 a.m.
to 4:30 a.m. 21
TWO • FORCE “O” • MIDNIGHT TO 3:30 A.M.
The Funnel * Midnight to 3:00 a.m. 40
GIs: Government Issue. • 1:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. 53
“Strictly Power.” The Plan. • 2:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. 64
THREE * THE STORM BREAKS * 2:00 A.M. TO 5:00 A.M.
“Whole World Against Us” * 2:00 a.m. to 4:55 a.m. 79
“Bacon and Eggs on the Edge of Eternity” • 2:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. 88
“A Series of Flashes on the Horizon. ” The Bombardment • 5:50 a.m.
to 6:20 a.m. 103
FOUR • DEATH RIDE • 4:15 A.M. TO 6:30 A.M.
A Wild Death Ride • 4:15 a.m. to 6:15 a.m. 113
Sie Kommen! * 5:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. 125
France Looked Sordid and Uninviting • 6:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. 132
FIVE • FIRST WAVE FLOUNDERED • 6:30 A.M. TO 7:30 A.M.
Vierville Cliff Shoulder, Right • 6:30 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. 140
Colleville Cliff Shoulder, Left * 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. 162
SIX • POINTE DU HOC, “THE JIB” • 6:40 A.M. TO 11:10 A.M.
The Cliff • 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. 183
The Plateau • 7:30 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. 195
SEVEN * WIN OR LOSE? * 6:45 A.M. TO 8:30 A.M.
The Center. Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer * 6:43 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 203
Leaders • 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 217
Stop the Boats * 8:30 a.m. 231
EIGHT • THE CRISIS * 8:30 A.M. TO MIDDAY
Dilemmas * 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 241
More Infantry * 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 258
NINE • VILLAGE FIGHTING * 11:30 A.M. TO DUSK
Colleville, East • 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 269
Vierville, West • 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 284
Saint-Laurent, Center ♦ 11:30 a.m. to Dusk 294
TEN • TENUOUS FOOTHOLD • 4:00 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT
Kampfgruppe Meyer • 4:00 p.m. to 11:55 p.m. 301
Pointe du Hoc. The Angle • Midday to Midnight 308
Dusk to Darkness • 5:00 p.m. to Beyond Midnight 316
Beyond 24 Hours 331
Bibliography 349
Endnotes 353
Index 366
Acknowledgments 376
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