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Normandy Gold Beach-JIG: JIG Sector and West - June 1944
Tim Saunders
Among the veterans that Montgomery brought back with him from the Mediterranean to spearhead the D-day invasion, were West Country infantrymen of 231 Brigade. The Devons, Hampshires and Dorsets had already carried out assault landings in Sicily and in Italy and replaced another brigade that had been provisionally allocated to lead XXX Corps ashore on Jig sector of Gold Beach. Unknown to the Allies, a quality German Division had been moved forward to the coast. This was the same German Division that nearly halted the Americans at OMAHA and the West Countrymen had to fight extremely hard for their objectives. 231 Brigade faced the sternest test of all British troops on D-day.
Catégories:
Année:
2002
Editeur::
Leo Cooper, Pen & Sword Books
Langue:
english
Pages:
192
ISBN 10:
0850528666
ISBN 13:
9780850528664
Collection:
Battleground Europe
Fichier:
PDF, 89.91 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2002