D-Day 1944 (1): Omaha Beach

by Steven J. Zaloga, Howard Gerrard (Illustrator)

Overview

A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Omaha Beach landings.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782001461
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/20/2012
Series:	Campaign , #100
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

Steven J Zaloga works as a senior analyst for an aerospace research firm, and serves as an adjunct staff member with the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division of the Institute for Defense Analyses. His work includes over 50 books on military history and technology as well as many television documentaries. Steven's grandfather landed at Omaha beach on D-Day in an engineer battalion supporting the 1st Infantry Division, while his father served in an engineer battalion that landed on Omaha beach several days later.

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.
Steven J. Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm, where he covers missile and drone technology as well as international arms transfers for clients in the aerospace industry and the government. He served for more than two decades as an adjunct staff member with the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank, retiring in 2021. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Battle
Chronology

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Landings 1st Inf. Div.
Fox Beach
29th Inf. Div.
Easy&Dog Beaches
US 2nd Ranger Bn. at Pointe du Hoc
Six Days 7-12 June

Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Bibliography
Index