Histoire des divisions de l'armée américaine ayant été parachutées le 6 juin 1944 dans la région de Sainte-Mère-Eglise. ©Electre 2025
Sainte-Mère-Église
6th June 1944 in the Cotentin peninsula. Thousands of huge white petals opened amidst the dark of night. Thirteen thousand American paratroops were dropped in the sector to the west of the Normandy landing zone. However, many fell far from their targets. It took several hours for some of them to finally connect with a buddy or an army group, that was equally astray. Nevertheless, all the missions entrusted to the parachute units were successfully accomplished. The 101st Airborne Division managed to cover the area inland of Utah Beach, whilst the 82nd Airborne Division controlled Sainte-Mère-Église and the surrounding area. Yet, the American positions remained extremely fragile, in particular at the La Fière bridge. Welcome reinforcements were landed on Utah as from 6:30am. Then the US paras embarked on a month and a half of deadly combat amidst the marshes and the Normandy Bocage.
Paru le : 26/06/2018
Thématique : Seconde guerre mondiale
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Yann Magdelaine
Éditeur(s) :
OREP
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Traducteur : Heather Inglis
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-8151-0400-5
EAN13 : 9782815104005
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 33
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 17.0 cm
Poids: 130 g
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