Omaha Beach

by Georges Bernage

Book Overview

June 6, 1944. In the gray light of dawn the landing craft carrying the assault wave of two US divisions as well as the Engineers and the Rangers, advanced toward the beach that was their assigned objective, code-named Omaha. Exhausted by the crossing and suffering from sea sicknesses, the assault units were convinced, however, that the German defenses had been crushed by the aerial and naval bombardment. In fact, sheltering in their coastal fortifications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2840482878
• ISBN13: 9782840482871
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Editions Heimdal
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 11.6"