Omaha Beach 6 June 1944: The D-Day Landing

by Robert J. Parker

Book Overview

Immortalised for a new generation in the graphic opening sequences of Saving Private Ryan, 'Bloody' Omaha Beach was almost an epic failure. Among the five beaches stormed as part of the 6 June 1944 D-Day assault, the Allied invasion met its greatest difficulty and uncertainty at Omaha Beach. Only at Omaha did the long anticipated Operation Overlord, and the re-entry of the Allied armies into France, threaten to fail in its execution. Reviewing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445669269
• ISBN13: 9781445669267
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"