After D-day : operation Cobra and the Normandy breakout /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carafano, James Jay, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.
Colección:Art of war.
Temas:
1944
Operation Cobra, 1944.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Normandy (France) > History, Military.
France > Normandy.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Title
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Prologue: The Beaten Path
  • Notes
  • Part 1: The Universe of Battle: Summer 1944
  • ch 1-The Darkening Sky
  • Notes
  • ch 2-Living in Hell
  • A Strategy for Victory
  • Operations-The Key to the Campaign
  • The Tactical Dilemma
  • Bradley's Dilemma
  • Notes
  • ch 3-A Measure of Power
  • Organizing for Combat
  • Preparing for the Fight
  • The Difference in Combat Power
  • Protecting the Force
  • Sustaining the Force
  • Bradley's Promise
  • Notes
  • ch 4-The Essence of Decisions
  • The Planner
  • The Mission
  • The Adversary.
  • The Battlefield
  • The Force
  • The Options
  • The Decision
  • Bradley's Choice
  • Notes
  • Part 2: The Day of Infantry: 25 July 1944
  • ch 5-The Firepower War
  • Preparing for the Firepower War
  • The Bombing
  • The Bombers Again!
  • The 9th Infantry Division's Disaster
  • The 4th Infantry Division Under Fire
  • Calamity in the 30th Infantry Division
  • The Burden of a Firepower War
  • Notes
  • ch 6-Taking the High Ground
  • A Plan to Take the High Ground
  • The 119th Infantry Regiment Leads the Assault
  • The 120th Infantry Regiment Attacks
  • Anxious Moments at Higher Headquarters.
  • The 120th Infantry Regiment-Attack Before Dark!
  • The 119th Infantry Regiment Prevails
  • The 120th Infantry Regiment Digs In
  • The 119th Infantry Regiment Attacks into the Night
  • What It Takes to Take the High Ground
  • Notes
  • ch 7-Beyond the Field of White Crosses
  • Preparing to Take the Center
  • 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Spearheads the Attack
  • 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Joins the Attack
  • 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Finds the Front
  • 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, and Death in the Orchard
  • 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Pushes Through.
  • An Unexpected Turn for the 8th Infantry Regiment
  • Leaving the White Crosses Behind
  • Notes
  • ch 8-One Tired Division
  • The Plan to Take Marigny
  • Uncertain Start for the 47th Infantry Regiment
  • The 60th Infantry Regiment on the Move
  • An Unexpected Opportunity
  • Measuring What Can Be Done by One Tired Division
  • The End of the Day-The State of the Battle
  • Notes
  • Part 3: A Clash of Armor: 26 to 30 July 1944
  • ch 9-A Scheme of Maneuver
  • Rethinking the Route to Marigny
  • The 18th Infantry Regiment on the Road to Marigny
  • CCB's Dash to Nowhere
  • The Enemy Reacts.
  • CCB Struggles Forward
  • The End of the Day
  • Preparing for Dawn
  • The 16th Infantry Regiment Tries to Join the Fight
  • The 4th Cavalry Squadron on the Flank
  • The Road "Away" from Marigny-CCB Heads West
  • The 18th Infantry Regiment at Marigny
  • The 16th Infantry Regiment at Maringy
  • What Went Wrong with the Scheme of Maneuver
  • The Germans' Dilemma
  • Notes
  • ch 10-A Tank Show, at Tank Speed
  • The 3d Armored Division's Plans-A Drive to Destiny
  • CCA to Montpinchon and Points West
  • Task Force Z for Coutances
  • Task Forces X and Y Move onMontpinch on and Cerisy-la-Salle.

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