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9780811705899

Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day

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  • ISBN13:

    9780811705899

  • ISBN10:

    0811705897

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-18
  • Publisher: Stackpole Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $32.95

Summary

Landing with the British and Canadians in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was the 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers, a specialized armored unit tasked with removing obstacles and mines from Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches. To support this mission, the engineers modified their tanks with ingenious innovations, such as replacing the main gun with a giant mortar or attaching a steamroller-like device to flatten a path in the sand. In the early hours of D-Day, the brigade landed under fire, took serious casualties in some areas, but achieved many of its key objectives and cleared the way for the infantry.

Author Biography

Richard C. Anderson Jr. is a senior research historian at The Dupuy Institute. He is co-author of Hitler's Last Gamble (978-0-06-092196-5) and Artillery Hell (978-0-89096-623-5). He lives in Newport News, Virginia.

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Landing with the British and Canadians in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was the 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers, a specialized armored unit tasked with removing obstacles and mines from Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches. To support this mission, the engineers modified their tanks with ingenious innovations, such as replacing the main gun with a giant mortar or attaching a steamroller-like device to flatten a path in the sand. In the early hours of D-Day, the brigade landed under fire, took serious casualties in some areas, but achieved many of its key objectives and cleared the way for the infantry.
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