About this title: By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in north-west Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. This book examines the experience of one infantry division - the 29th - during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation at St Lo. Using interviews, official records and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps, Balkoski follows the 29th from the bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of ...
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Description: Very Good. 0811726827 Cover has very little wear. No spine seams. No remainder mark. Some highlighting. No creases and no dog-ears. Trade Paperback. read more
Edition: 2 Sub
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 1999-01
ISBN-13:9780811726825ISBN:0811726827
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: 2 Sub
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 1999-01
ISBN-13:9780811726825ISBN:0811726827
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 2005-08-30
ISBN-13:9780811732376ISBN:0811732371
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book's like new. read more
Binding: HB/DJ
Publisher: Stackpole Books, PA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780811702218ISBN:0811702219
Description: VG in Near Fine jacket. Ex-Lib 304 pages. Subtitled, "The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. " A fine look at the role of the individual soldier in the Normandy Invasion. Small previous owner's name written on inside cover. This copy withdrawn from the USS Intrepid Research Library. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 304 pp., illus., maps, slight spine lean, previous owners small address ink stamp to upper right corner of ffep. read more
Edition: 2nd Edn., 3rd Ptg.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780811726825ISBN:0811726827
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. With Introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose. 304 pp. Trade paperback is tight and bright copy with light edgewear. Fore edge has light spotting. Nice copy. read more
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780811732376ISBN:0811732371
Description: New with no dust jacket. 0811732371. A NEW copy of the 3rd revised and expanded edition, showing a trace of shelf wear only.; 1.02 x 8.98 x 6.3 Inches; 328 pages. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Excellent
Publisher: Stackpole Books, Mechancisburg, PA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780811726825ISBN:0811726827
Description: Excellent. No Jacket. Softcover Brand New Softcover Book in excellent Condition. Foreward by Stephen E. Ambrose. "If you want to know what it was like, from Private to General, from rifle to tank, from beginning to end, this is the book for you. " read more
"I love to read about battles for research into my own travel guides to European battlefields. In this book, Balkoski brings to us the actions of the US 29th Infantry Division's Normandy Beach invasion and the struggle to fight through the easily defended "bocage" fields of Normandy. The capture of St-Lo serious depleted the unit's strength incurring enormous casualties. Believing that a respite was in order, the division was instead sent to capture the town of Vire. By this time most of the individuals who had landed on the Normandy beaches only weeks previously, had become casualties, their places filed with replacements. None the less, the 29th Division became one of the US Army's premier infantry units.
I previously read Balkoski's companion volume: 'From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest'. I believe this prior work to be a bit better written, sounding less like military after action reports and more like a telling of the story with thumbnail descriptions of the participants."
"A good resource if you're looking for highly specialized information about one unit in WWII...or if you're looking for a more general picture of the US infantry in Normandy in the months after the invasion. My one critique of the book is that it spends so much time on the years between WWI and II, but ends rather abruptly after the capture of St. Lo. An epilogue detailing the 29th's activities in larger Europe would have been nice (or a companion piece--even nicer)."
"A good World War II book that gives who an understanding what an infanty division went through as they fought for every inch of land in World War II from Normandy and as they advanced through France."
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