The Americans at Normandy The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

by McManus, John C.

• ISBN13: 9780765312006
• ISBN10: 076531200X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Forge

Summary

D-Day was just the beginning Never before has the American involvement in Normandy been examined so thoroughly or exclusively as in The Americans at Normandy. D-Day was only one part of the battle, and victory came from weeks of sustained effort and sacrifices made by Allied soldiers. Here is the American experience from the aftermath of D-Day to the slaughter of the Falaise Gap, from the courageous, famed figures of Bradley, Patton, and Lightning Joe Collins to the lesser-known privates. The Americans at Normandy honors those Americans who lost their lives in foreign fields and those who survived. Here is their story, finally told with the depth, pathos, and historical perspective it deserves.

Author Biography

JOHN C. McMANUS is a professor of military history at the University of Missouri. He has traveled extensively in researching his books about the American experience in World War II.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 11
Preface	p. 13
June
Inland from Omaha: The Week After D-Day	p. 17
Inland from Utah: The Week After D-Day	p. 59
Carentan	p. 100
Stalled Before St-Lo	p. 124
The Struggle for Cherbourg	p. 136
July
The Hedgerow Maze	p. 175
La Haye-du-Puits	p. 189
Prelude to St-Lo	p. 220
Agony and Bloodshed: St-Lo	p. 235
Cobra	p. 272
Breakthrough	p. 298
August
Breakout and Chase	p. 333
Mortain	p. 363
The End at Normandy	p. 409
Notes	p. 441
Select Bibliography	p. 471
Index	p. 481
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