Destination Normandy: Three American Regiments on D-Day
Each participant's story is woven into the larger picture of the assault, allowing Bennett to go beyond the largely personal viewpoints yielded by traditional oral history but avoiding the impersonal nature of studies of grand strategy. In addition to the interviews and memoirs Bennett collected, he also discovered fresh documentary evidence from American, British, and French archives that play an important part in facilitating this new approach, as well as archives in Britain and France. The author unearths new stories and questions from D-Day, such as the massacre of soldiers from the 507th at Graignes, Hemevez, and elsewhere. This new material includes a focus on the regimental level, which is all but ignored by historians, while still covering strategic, tactical, and human issues. His conclusions highlight common misperceptions about the Normandy landings. Questions have already been raised about the wisdom of the Anglo-American amphibious doctrine employed on D-Day. In this study, Bennett continues to challenge the assumption that the operation was an exemplary demonstration of strategic planning. |
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They were about a mile away from Cauquigny and in a good position to attempt to reach the western edge of the causeway from La Fiere . However , the position began to attract a growing volume of enemy fire .
On the causeway Company A , 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment , which had taken the brunt of the enemy attack from Cauquigny , was withdrawn from the line . Taking their place was a group of troopers from the 507th under the command of ...
Rae was ordered to move his force along the causeway towards Cauquigny if the advance of the 325th stalled . After two days of heavy combat , Rae knew only too well the difficulties that they would face in crossing the causeway .
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Contents
Operation Bolero and the Clash of Cultures | 1 |
Three Regiments and the Mind of the GI | 7 |
Early Training and the Buildup to June 6 1944 | 17 |
Copyright | |
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