Utah Beach: Tuesday 6th June 1944

Utah Beach: Tuesday 6th June 1944
ISBN-10
2815104636
ISBN-13
9782815104630
Series
Utah Beach
Category
World War, 1939-1945
Pages
128
Language
French
Published
2019-08
Author
Christophe Prime

Description

The battle of Omaha occupies a prevalent place in our collective memory due to the tragic events that took place there on June 6, 1944. The beach code-named Utah, located at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, has attracted less attention. Wrongly. According to General Eisenhower, the U-Force mission was the most complex and risky because of its distance from the beach and the presence of many German divisions. The 4th Infantry division and the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions had to fight hard to secure the Utah area. The scale of the losses alone - 3,500 men in total - demonstrates that the Battle of Utah deserves to be investigated in a new light.

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