Official WW2 US Army Report Utah beach / Cherbourg – D-Day – 101st Airborne – Normandy – St. Maire Eglise – Airborne landings – Paratrooper – 1st edition. – 1947

This rare 1947 published account of D-Day ''Utah Beach to Cherbourg'' deals with U.S. military operations in Normandy. This study rounds out the account of the landings at corps-level and below and relates the course of VII Corps combat operations which resulted in the capture of Cherbourg on 27 June 1944. This fantastic book is THE bible related to the USA / German operations in Normandy and Utah Beach! It is full of mindblowingly detailled maps, photo's, and very large amounts of information. I will let the photo's do the talking. Utah Beach to Cherbourg is the work of Maj. Roland G. Ruppenthal, member of the 2d Information and Historical Service, attached to the First Army. The manuscript was edited under the supervision of Lt. Gordon Harrison of the Historical Section, European Theater of Operations, and in the Historical Division, War Department Special Staff. Although as published this book contains no documentation, the original manuscript, fully documented, is on file in the Department of the Army. The sources on which the narrative is based consist primarily of the official records of the units involved and of data collected by the writer and other historical officers in the field through interviews... lees verder bij Catawiki