Normandy to victory : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army /

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The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and appr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sylvan, William C.
Otros Autores: Smith, Francis G., Jr, Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966, Greenwood, John T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008.
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Hodges, Courtney H., > 1887-1966.
Hodges, Courtney H., > 1887-1966
Hodges, Courtney H.
United States. > Army. > Army, 1st.
United States. > Army. > Army, 1st
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Westfront
France > Normandy
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Frankreich
Normandie > Invasion (1944)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The invasion of France and the lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944
  • Operation Cobra and the breakthrough at St. Lô, 25-31 July 1944
  • Exploitation of the St. Lô breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944
  • The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944
  • The German counteroffensive and the drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945
  • Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945
  • Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945
  • Exploitation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 1945
  • Final operations, 19 April-7 May 1945
  • Appendix: Locations of the First U.S. Army command posts, 9 June 1944-14 May 1945.

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