Taking the defenders by surprise, the US 4th Division touched down on Utah Beach at dawn on D-Day, losing only 197 men killed out of 23,000 who landed that day. Meanwhile, US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions secured the flanks of the Utah landing, assuring the ground troops' progress inland.
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Dr Stephen Badsey MA, FRHist is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He has authored, edited or contributed to over fifty books and articles on military history and history. A regular visitor to the Normandy battlefields, he has written or contributed to many previous works on the battle of Normandy and has led many battlefield tours.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good overview. Great for tours.,
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This review is from: Battle Zone Normandy: Utah Beach (Hardcover)
I have the series relating to all the D Day beaches where allied forces landed on 6th June 1944. I initially got Omaha and Utah as i was in the US at the time (therefore Sword, Gold and Juno weren't evident in the store!) and was about to visit Normandy. For a person travelling to the beaches they are brilliant, not only looking at the beaches but the areas surrounding them where the Airborne effort was concentrated. All the sites you would need to see are here, how you get to them, or, for some, how you find them, is invaluable for the first time student. Also the series gives a good overview of the particular landing and subsequent battles that ensued once the Allied forces had established the beachhead. Full marks if you intend to visit Normandy and sufficient to give you a overview if you are a student of the battle.
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Utah Beach, Infantry Division, Airborne Division, Tank Battalion, Omaha Beach, Airlanding Division, Task Force, River Merderet, Georgian Battalion, Drop Zone, Coastal Artillery, Seventh Army, River Taute, Artillery Regiment, National Archives, Engineer Special Brigade, Grenadier Regiment, Field Artillery Battalion, Uncle Red, Combat Interviews, Parachute Infantry Regiment, Atlantic Wall, Allied Intelligence, Lower Normandy, River Douve Browse Sample Pages:
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Utah Beach, Infantry Division, Airborne Division, Tank Battalion, Omaha Beach, Airlanding Division, Task Force, River Merderet, Georgian Battalion, Drop Zone, Coastal Artillery, Seventh Army, River Taute, Artillery Regiment, National Archives, Engineer Special Brigade, Grenadier Regiment, Field Artillery Battalion, Uncle Red, Combat Interviews, Parachute Infantry Regiment, Atlantic Wall, Allied Intelligence, Lower Normandy, River Douve Browse Sample Pages:
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