Destination Normandy: Three American Regiments on D-DayBennett collects oral histories from men of three United States regiments that participated in the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment was the most widely scattered of the American parachute infantry regiments to be dropped on D-Day. However, the efforts of 180 men to stop the advance of an SS Panzer Grenadier division largely have been ignored outside of France. The 116th Infantry Regiment received the highest number of casualties on Omaha Beach of any Allied unit on D-Day. Stationed in England through most of the war, it had been the butt of jokes while other regiments did the fighting and dying in North Africa and the Mediterranean; that changed on June 6, 1944. And the 22nd Infantry Regiment, a unit that had fought in almost every campaign waged by the U.S. Army since 1812, came ashore on Utah Beach quite easily before getting embroiled in a series of savage fights to cross the marshland behind the beach and to capture the German heavy batteries to the north. |
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... Allied planners believed in the superiority of the invasion force over its opposition on the beaches . However , they also recognized the professionalism of the German military . Victory would not come easy , and it would be at a price ...
... Allied chances of victory in Europe . On the ships , confidence was high despite the postponement . Many were just glad to be away from Dartmoor . The battle for which they had trained over many months was finally about to begin . As ...
... Allied breakthrough failed to materialize on June 13-14 , with Germans ever present in the vicinity , and feeding a real problem , the Rigault family decided to evacuate their visitors to Allied lines at Carentan by night . Joseph ...
Contents
Operation Bolero and the Clash of Cultures | 1 |
Three Regiments and the Mind of the | 7 |
Early Training and the Buildup to June 6 1944 | 19 |
Copyright | |
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