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Utah Beach

The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944
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In this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-by-minute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach. Equal parts oral history and meticulous reconstruction, Omaha Beach is the closest the modern reader can get to experiencing the Normandy landings firsthand.
Joseph Balkoski is a historian specializing in the history of D-Day and the Normandy campaign. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. He resided in Normandy during the summer of 2001 to study the D-Day beaches and Normandy battlefields, and he has conducted several "battlefield staff rides" there for current U.S. Army soldiers as part of their military training.
"[Balkoski] provides a convincing, thoughtfully crafted narrative buttressed by facts and statistics that unequivocally recasts how one views both Utah Beach and the associated airborne operations."--Col. James R. Oman, Chairman, Department of Command, Leadership, and Management, U.S. Army War Colle"Parameters, Summer 2006" (06/01/2006) "Joe Balkoski has just written the finest book about Utah Beach."--Bill Stone"Stone & Stone Second World War Books" (09/25/2005)
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