Campaign 100: D-Day 1944 (1) Omaha Beach

✍ Scribed by Howard Gerrard, Ramiro Bujeiro, Steven J. Zaloga

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 96
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first title in Osprey's survey of the D-Day landings of World War II (1939-1945). The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military operation ever mounted. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was assembled to transport the Allied invasion force across the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler’s Third Reich. Of the landings on the five assault beaches, Omaha Beach was the only one ever in doubt. Within moments of the first wave landing a third of the assault troops were casualties. Yet by the end of D-Day the Atlantic Wall had been breached and the US Army’s V Corps was firmly entrenched on French soil.

✦ Table of Contents

Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Imprint......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
The Strategic Situation......Page 7
Chronology......Page 12
German Commanders......Page 13
American Commanders......Page 16
The American Plan......Page 21
The German Plan......Page 30
German Forces......Page 36
American Forces......Page 38
The Initial Operations......Page 42
The First Assault Wave, 0530-0700hrs......Page 46
The Second Assault Wave, 0700-0800hrs......Page 54
Stalemate On The Beach......Page 64
The Rangers At Pointe-Du-Hoc......Page 70
Consolidating The Beachhead......Page 80
The Battle For The Villages......Page 84
Omaha Beach In Retrospect......Page 87
The Battlefield Today......Page 92
Further Reading......Page 94
Index......Page 95