The Cover-Up at Omaha Beach

Купить бумажную книгу и читать

Автор: Gary Sterne

Название: The Cover-Up at Omaha Beach: D-Day, the US Rangers, and the Untold Story of Maisy Battery

Издательство: Pen & Sword

Год: 2014

Формат: EPUB

Страниц: 316

Размер: 32 Mb

Язык: English

The Rangers’ mission was clear. They were to lead the assault on Omaha Beach and break out inland. Simultaneously, other Ranger units would scale the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to destroy the ostensibly huge gun battery there and thus protect the invasion fleet from being targeted. But was the Pointe du Hoc mission actually necessary? Why did the Allies plan and execute an attack on a gun battery that they knew in advance contained no field guns? And more importantly, why did they ignore the position at Maisy that did? Using personal interviews with the surviving Rangers who fought on the beach and at Pointe du Hoc, The Cover-Up at Omaha Beach presents exceptionally detailed new research that takes the reader into the middle of the action with the Rangers.