Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day

by Richard C. Anderson Jr.

Landing with the British and Canadians in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was the 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers, a specialized armored unit tasked with removing obstacles and mines from Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches. To support this mission, the engineers modified their tanks with ingenious innovations, such as replacing the main gun with a giant mortar or attaching a steamroller-like device to flatten a path in the sand. In the early hours...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811705897
• ISBN13: 9780811705899
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 10.2"