Beyond the Beachhead

Beyond the Beachhead
Author: Joseph Balkoski
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2005-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811741451

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

Beyond the Beachhead

Beyond the Beachhead
Author: Joseph Balkoski
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811768449

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division-the 29th-during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lô. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps, Balkoski follows the 29th from the bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of Normandy, illustrating the brutal realities of life on the front line.

Utah Beach

Utah Beach
Author: Joseph Balkoski
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780811733779

The attack on Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion was one of the most successful military operations ever undertaken, especially bearing in mind the complexities of such a massive air & seaborne assault. Joseph Balkoski describes the unfolding drama.

Our Tortured Souls

Our Tortured Souls
Author: Joseph Balkoski
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811711692

Balkoski's acclaimed multi-volume history of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division in World War II covers the division's vital role in the U.S. Army's November offensive, which Gen. Omar Bradley hoped would get the Allies to the Rhine River by Christmas. A riveting story of heroism and tragedy.

From Beachhead to Brittany

From Beachhead to Brittany
Author: Joseph Balkoski
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2008-02-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811740501

Engaging history of a controversial World War II battle. Brilliantly researched and compellingly written by a top military historian.

Beachhead Normandy

Beachhead Normandy
Author: Tom Carter
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 1597977977

This is the history of the U.S. navy's vessel designated the landing craft. tank (LCT) operations with a detailed look at a specific ship, the LCT 614, which landed at Omaha Beach under heavy fire. The LCTs were more than mere transports. The little craft had permanently assigned crews and participated in nearly all forms of naval warfare.

Racial Beachhead

Racial Beachhead
Author: Carol Lynn McKibben
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2011-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0804778442

In 1917, Fort Ord was established in the tiny subdivision of Seaside, California. Over the course of the 20th century, it held great national and military importance—a major launching point for World War II operations, the first base in the military to undergo complete integration, the West Coast's most important training base for draftees in the Vietnam War, a site of important civil rights movements—until its closure in the 1990s. Alongside it, the city of Seaside took form. Racial Beachhead offers the story of this city, shaped over the decades by military policies of racial integration in the context of the ideals of the American civil rights movement. Middle class blacks, together with other military families—black, white, Hispanic, and Asian—created a local politics of inclusion that continues to serve as a reminder that integration can work to change ideas about race. Though Seaside's relationship with the military makes it unique, at the same time the story of Seaside is part and parcel of the story of 20th century American town life. Its story contributes to the growing history of cities of color—those minority-majority places that are increasingly the face of urban America.

Omaha Beach and Beyond

Omaha Beach and Beyond
Author: John Robert Slaughter
Publisher: Zenith Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009-11-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780760337349

Original publication and copyright date: 2007.

Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach
Author: Joseph Balkoski
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2006-05-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811741192

Balkoski's depiction of 'Bloody Omaha' is the literary accompaniment to the white-knuckle Omaha Beach scene that opens Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. -- John Hillen, New York Post