Cross-channel Attack
Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
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Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
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Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 1970 |
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Author | : Gordon Andrews Harrison |
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Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Normandy (France) |
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Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
Publisher | : BDD Promotional Books Company |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1993-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780792458562 |
Discusses the Allied invasion of Normandy, with extensive details about the planning stage, called Operation Overlord, as well as the fighting on Utah and Omaha Beaches.
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Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2016-04-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781530830022 |
Cross-Channel Attack, first published 1951 as part of the U.S. Army in World War II series is the official history of the D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord), from the earliest planning, to the buildup of men and equipment in England, to the beach landings in Normandy, and closing with the capture of Cherbourg. The book also examines the history of the German occupation of France and German plans to counter the Allied invasion, including the extensive defensive measures constructed along the Normandy coastline. Allied landings are discussed in detail, with an emphasis on American actions; however stories by individual soldiers are not included in this higher-level look at the planning and execution of the invasion. Appendices include the Overlord plans, important documents, table of equivalent ranks, divisional comparison, German deployments, recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross, glossary of key names and code words, a bibliography and index. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.
Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
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Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 978 |
Release | : 2014-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782894136 |
[Includes 4 charts, 31 maps and 62 illustrations] Cross-Channel Attack has been planned and written as the introduction to the history of those campaigns in 1944 and 1945 which led to the destruction of the German armies in the west. It provides necessary background for the study of all the campaigns in the European Theater of Operations. The narrative of operations ends on 1 July 1944, with the Allies firmly established in Normandy. The concluding chapters show the successful fruition of plans and preparations reaching back as far as January 1942; but the seizure of the Norman beaches and the establishment of a lodgment area are only a beginning, a point of departure for the drive to the Elbe and the Baltic. Although Cross Channel Attack includes discussion of certain problems of high command and logistics, a more complete treatment is accorded these subjects in two volumes now under preparation in this series: The Supreme Command and Logistical Support of the Armies. Whether the reader approaches the book with the justified pride that he was a member or supporter of the winning team, or whether he reads to learn, is a matter for him to decide. The victor tends to prepare to win the next war with the same means and methods with which he won the last. He forgets the difficulty of reaching decisions, the planning problems, his faltering, his unpreparedness. The vanquished is wont to search far afield for new and improved methods, means, and equipment. The accomplishments of those who fought in this period were indeed great, as were the sacrifices. But from the national viewpoint it would seem desirable to read this volume with the self-critical eye of the vanquished as well as with the pride of the victor, an approach which the thoughtful reader will not find difficult.
Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
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Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 1951 |
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Author | : U S Army Center of Military History |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2015-04-13 |
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ISBN | : 9781511695602 |
Cross-Channel Attack is one of approximately a hundred volumes which the Department of the Army intends to publish regarding its part in World War II. This particular volume deals with the planning and the difficulties en-countered incident to the mounting of the largest amphibious assault ever undertaken in military history. Much of the information it contains has not heretofore been a matter of public knowledge. For example, light is for the first time thrown upon the enemy's conflicting theories of defense against Allied air superiority and upon his paucity of first-class troops. This information is derived from the official records of the Wehrmacht and from signed statements of German participants. Many of the difficulties encountered in the planning, as well as in the execution stage of the operation, are here described to the public for the first time. Where this history deals with the struggle ashore, it clearly illustrates the necessity for commanders to adjust their thinking to the means at hand, the terrain, and the influence of new weapons. It reiterates the indispensability of constant training in how to get order out of the confusion which is forever present upon the battlefield. It brings to mind in this connection the means used by a football team for meeting the problems of overcoming opposition on the playing field. The plays devised and the techniques used to attain its ends must be practiced again and again. Frequently it is the loss of effective direction of small units, incident to the battle's toll, which makes for failure rather than success."