Steven J Zaloga

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Smashing Hitler's Guns: The Rangers at Pointe-Du-Hoc, D-Day 1944Hardcover, 17 May 2022

Smashing Hitler's Guns: The Rangers at Pointe-Du-Hoc, D-Day 1944
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Print Length
368 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Osprey Publishing (UK)
Date Published
17 May 2022
ISBN-10
1472849833
ISBN-13
9781472849830

Description

Written by one of the world's leading experts on D-Day, Smashing Hitler's Guns is a ground-breaking new history of the legendary Rangers' attack on Pointe-du-Hoc.

The Ranger attack on the German gun batteries at Pointe-du-Hoc in the early morning hours of D-Day is the stuff of legend. The gun batteries were strategically positioned between the two American D-Day landing beaches, and were considered the main threat to the Operation Neptune landings. In spite of the confusion and chaos of the June 6, 1944 mission, the Rangers succeeded in scaling the 100-foot cliffs, but the guns were nowhere to be found. Spreading out in all directions, a Ranger team managed to find and spike the guns at their hidden location south of Pointe-du-Hoc. For two days, this small force fought off repeated German attacks, until an American relief force finally arrived on 8 June, by which time more than half the Rangers were casualties.

The heroic Ranger mission at Pointe-du-Hoc has indeed become a sacred legend, and as a result there are many unexplored controversies. This new book on this famous raid takes a fresh and comprehensive look at the attack on Pointe-du-Hoc, examining the creation of the German gun battery, the initial Allied intelligence assessments of the threat, and the early plans to assault the site. The forgotten Allied bombing attacks on Pointe-du-Hoc are detailed, as well as the subsequent Allied intelligence investigations of the results. While most accounts of Pointe-du-Hoc are based on the published US Army history, the author has tracked down the long-forgotten original, unedited report in the archives that contains a number of curious changes from the better-known and widely accepted version. Little-known interviews of the Rangers who took part in the mission also shed fresh light and a significant number of German records provide the enemy perspective of the battle for control of the guns.

Product Details

Author:
Steven J Zaloga
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
17 May 2022
Dimensions:
24.16 x 16.08 x 3.53 cm
Genre:
1940's
ISBN-10:
1472849833
ISBN-13:
9781472849830
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
368
Weight:
752.96 gm

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