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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carry the assault troops to ports of embarkation . The roads rumbled with convoys of American military vehicles , and on the trains heavy equipment and troops were moved from disembarkation ports in the north to holding areas in the ...
The level of racially generated violence generated by American troops resulted in the development of widespread segregation across Britain . Within the U.S. military , separate facilities were provided for white and black soldiers .
S.Sgt . MELVIN L. LANDRAM , 20365641 ; released troops that had been pinned down by constantly exposing himself and drawing fire from the enemy . Bronze Star , GO 116 , October 2 . PFC RUSSELL G. DAHLBERG , 36675644 ; released troops ...
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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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