Beyond the beachhead: the 29th Infantry Division in Normandy

Follows the movements of the 29th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army over the course of forty-five days of combat during the Normandy campaign.

  • OCLC #: 18222837
  • ISBN #:
    • 0811702219
    • 9780811702218
    • 9780811726825
    • 0811726827
  • Call #: D756.5.N6B34 1989
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — D756.5.N6 B34 1989
  • Publisher: Harrisburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©1989.
  • Physical Description: xvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Includes index.
  • Contents:
    • Introduction. Twenty-nine, let's go, June 1944
    • Stateside. The Blue and the Gray Division, 1917-1942
    • England. "Us and the home guard," October 1942-June 1944
    • The enemy. Festung Europa, 1940-1944
    • Men and guns. The emptiness of the battlefield, 1944
    • D-Day. "We've got to be infantrymen now," June 6, 1944
    • The beachhead. "Boche Kaput," June 7-9, 1944
    • On to St. Lô. "It didn't smell right from the first," June 10-13, 1944
    • Stagnation. "Altogether it was hell," June 14-July 10, 1944
    • Triumph. The major of St. Lô, July 11-23, 1944.