Utah

The success of the Americans

Yann Magdelaine

34 pages, parution le 30/05/2012

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Résumé

Early 1944, General Eisenhower took command of Operation Overlord. He immediately decided to add a new landing beach to the south of the Cotentin peninsula : Utah Beach. From this landing zone, the American troops hoped to rapidly advance towards Cherbourg to take control of the port, a crucial facility to support the considerable logistic effort that would ensure Overlord's success.

On the morning of the 6th of June, officers from the first wave of assault set foot on Utah, to realise that their troops had landed over a mile south of their intended landing zone. Without wasting a second, they decided to continue operations from this very beach, a choice that was to seal the success of the Utah landings.

L'auteur - Yann Magdelaine

Yann Magdelaine a élaboré la cartographie du Larousse de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et a participé à sa relecture. Journaliste à Caen, à France Télévisions Basse-Normandie, Pascal Vannier a réalisé de nombreux films documentaires consacrés au Jour j et à la Bataille de Normandie pour France 3.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	OREP
Auteur(s)	Yann Magdelaine
Parution	30/05/2012
Nb. de pages	34
Format	17 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	140g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9782815101196
ISBN13	978-2-8151-0119-6