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Chargement... The Fighting First: The Untold Story Of The Big Red One on D-Daypar Flint Whitlock
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The first couple generations of books about the Big Red One have been done. This work represents a lot of detail done by painstaking research and a multitude of interviews. There is no doubt that the Big One Red has had a powerful history, much like the First Marine Division. It seems to have been in most important battles in the ETO, and usually in the thick of things. The author has avoided a sense of "you are there," focusing instead on the details, often gory. The loss of life was horrendous but American generalship seems to be someplace between the British and Russian. The former fought to avoid casualties and later seems to have ignored casualties. American generalship seems also to have been most interested in getting the job done as quickly as possible believing creating calamity was the quickest way to reach an objective. That book is yet to be written, or if it has I haven't heard about it. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
The Fighting First recounts the untold story of the 1st Infantry Division's role in the invasion of France at Normandy. Using primary sources, official records, interviews, and unpublished memoirs by the veterans themselves, Flint Whitlock has crafted a riveting, gut-wrenching, personal story of courage under fire. Operation Overlord,the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944,was the most important battle of World War II, and Omaha Beach was the hottest spot in the entire operation. Leading the amphibious assault on the Easy Red" and Fox Green" sectors of Omaha Beach was the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, The Big Red One",a tough, swaggering outfit with a fine battle record. The saga of the Big Red One, however, did not end with the storming of the beachhead, but continued across France, Belgium, and into Germany itself, where the division fought in the battles for Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. The Fighting First is an inspiring, graphic, and often heart-breaking story of young American soldiers performing their missions with spirit, humour, and determination. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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