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Clay Pigeons of St. Lo (Stackpole Military History Series) - Softcover

Balkoski, Joseph; Johns, Glover S.

 
9780811717823: Clay Pigeons of St. Lo (Stackpole Military History Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0811717828 ISBN 13: 9780811717823
Verlag: Stackpole Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

This classic of military history tells the exciting story of the fall of St. Lô, the first major objective of the invading American armies in Normandy in June of 1944. Although St. Lô was intended to be taken within days of the landing, stubborn German resistance postponed the town's fall until July 18.

  • Describes the bloody action that took place in the thirty days of fighting
  • Author recalls how he led his battalion, dubbed "The Indestructible Clay Pigeons"

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    Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

    The late Col. Glover S. Johns Jr. was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. Joseph Balkoski is Command Historian of the Maryland National Guard and author of Omaha Beach (978-0-8117-3376-2), Utah Beach (978-0-8117-3377-9), and the classic Beyond the Beachhead (978-0-8117-3237-6). He has appeared as a D-Day expert on MSNBC, and his work has been praised by Joe Scarborough, the New York Post, the Washington Times, World War II magazine, and others. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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    Verlag
    Stackpole Books
    Erscheinungsdatum
    2015
    Sprache
    Englisch
    ISBN 10 
    0811717828
    ISBN 13 
    9780811717823
    Einband
    Taschenbuch
    Anzahl der Seiten
    272
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