Battle For Cherbourg

Author : Robin Havers
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0750930063

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Battle for Cherbourg by Robin Havers Pdf

In order to reinforce and expand the D-Day bridgeheads won on 6 June 1944, the Allies needed a port to bring in troops and vital supplies. Cherbourg, at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula, was therefore the first priority for the American VII Corps, under the command of Major General J. Lawton 'Lightning Joe' Collins. After establishing a firm beachhead, elements of VIII Corps moved west across the base of the peninsula to isolate the 40,000-strong Cherbourg garrison, dug in behind concrete and field fortifications in dominating hill positions. Collins then sent divisions north to Cherbourg but maintained units facing south as well to prevent any German reinforcement.

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783460397

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Cherbourg by Andrew Rawson Pdf

Following the landings in Normandy, one of the Allies main concerns was how to supply the expanding beachhead. Having cut off the Cotentin peninsula, General Bradley turned his attentions to the port of Cherbourg, the deep-water port nearest to the American landing beaches. However, Hitler had given specific orders that the port must be held until the last man. For over two weeks three divisions battled for the ring of forts surrounding the town and only after heavy casualties was the port taken. It was, however, too late, the Germans had reduced the docks to ruins.This book details this important, yet little known battle, giving a detailed and illustrated account of the events around Cherbourg in June 1944. Visitors to the area will also be able to visit the key sites on a series of tours around the peninsula.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:838327045

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The Battle for Cherbourg by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472806659

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Cherbourg 1944 by Steven J. Zaloga Pdf

Steven Zaloga offers up a rigorous and absorbing study of the first major Allied operation in Normandy after the D-Day landings – the capture of Cherbourg. Blending expert analysis, specially commissioned artwork and illustrative maps, this book tells the story of the bitter struggle to capture this vital point. Cherbourg was recognized by both the German and Allied High commands as crucial to the Allied foothold in Normandy – it was the nearest major port and was desperately needed by the Allies for major logistical operations to support their forces on long stretches of open beach. Hitler, on the other hand, declared Cherbourg to be a 'Festung' (fortress), a designation everyone knew to mean that its defenders were to fight to the last man. After a grueling struggle that involved several distinct tactical phases to overcome the different elements of Cherbourg's defence, the campaign resulted in a bittersweet Allied victory, the drama and significance of which are explained in full in this work.

Author : United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : PSU:000024258524

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg, 6 June-27 June 1944 by United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History Pdf

Author : William B. Breuer
Publisher : Stein & Day Pub
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cherbourg (France), Battle of, 1944.
ISBN : 0812829522

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Hitler's Fortress Cherbourg by William B. Breuer Pdf

Describes the Allied assault on the German forces in the French port of Cherbourg in preparation for the Normandy invasion

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Normandy (France)
ISBN : OSU:32435000671164

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June-27 June 1944) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1947-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0160019362

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June-27 June 1944) by Anonim Pdf

Includes accounts of landings at corps level and below and relates the course of VII Corps combat operations which resulted in the capture of Cherbourg on June 27, 1944. This is the last of three narratives dealing with American military operations in Normandy.

Author : Michael Dale Doubler
Publisher : Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Bocage normand (France)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105082400412

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Busting the Bocage by Michael Dale Doubler Pdf

Author : Roland G. Ruppenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Normandy (France)
ISBN : OCLC:1011961105

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June-27 June 1944). by Roland G. Ruppenthal Pdf

Author : Gordon A. Harrison
Publisher : BDD Promotional Books Company
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0792458567

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Cross Channel Attack by Gordon A. Harrison Pdf

Discusses the Allied invasion of Normandy, with extensive details about the planning stage, called Operation Overlord, as well as the fighting on Utah and Omaha Beaches.

Author : United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160899214

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (Paperback format only) by United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History Pdf

Includes accounts of landings at corps level and below and relates the course of VII Corps combat operations which resulted in the capture of Cherbourg on June 27, 1944. This is the last of three narratives dealing with American military operations in Normandy.

Author : Wayne Vansant
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780760343920

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Normandy by Wayne Vansant Pdf

Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as: 1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors, two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops, vehicles, and supplies could be offloaded across the invasion beaches.2. The Capture of Cherbourg, the nearest French port, against a labyrinth of Gennan pillboxes.3. The American fight through the heavy bocage (hedgerow country) to take the vital town of Saint-Lô.4. The British-Canadian struggle for the city of Caen against the “Hitler Youth Division,” made up of 23,000 seventeen- and eighteen-year-old Nazi fanatics.5. The breakout of General Patton’s Third Army and the desperate US 30th Division’s defense of Mortaine.6. The Falaise Pocket, known as the “Killing Ground, ” where the remnants of two German armies were trapped and bombed and shelled into submission. The slaughter was so great that 5,000 Germans were buried in one mass grave. 7. The Liberation of Paris, led by the 2nd Free French Armored Division, which had been fighting for four long years with this goal in mind.

Author : Roland G. Ruppenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Normandy (France)
ISBN : OCLC:949854210

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June - 27 June 1944). by Roland G. Ruppenthal Pdf

Author : Gary Staff
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783033188

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Battle for the Baltic Islands, 1917 by Gary Staff Pdf

“A very detailed operational account of the highly successful German amphibious landings in October of 1917 on the Russian islands of Osel and Dago.”—The NYMAS Review In late 1917, the Russians, despite the revolution, were still willing to continue the war against Germany. This is an account of Operation Albion, the highly successful seaborne operation launched by the Germans to change their minds. The Baltic Islands were pivotal for the defense of the Finnish Gulf and St. Petersburg, so their capture was essential for any campaign towards the Russian capital. Only after the fall of the islands did Russia begin peace negotiations (freeing nearly half a million German soldiers for the Kaiser’s last gamble on the Western Front). This then was a campaign of great significance for the war on both Eastern and Western fronts. A large part of the High Sea Fleet took part in the invasion of the Baltic islands, including the most modern dreadnought battleships. The Russians mounted a resolute defense despite being heavily outgunned and over a ten-day period there were many naval clashes around the islands as well as the campaign ashore, all of which are described in detail with the use of both Russian and German firsthand accounts. This book shatters the myth that the Imperial German Navy spent the last two years of the war cowering in port. “Should be a blueprint for other military history books . . . The maps are some of the best I have seen in military books . . . The author tells the story of the campaign from the smallest mine sweeper to the various battleships involved.”—A Wargamers Needful Things