The Second Front, Volume 10 |
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21st Panzer Division 6th Airborne Airborne Division Allied American amphibious antitank guns armored Army artillery ashore Atlantic Wall attack battalion battery battle beachhead began boats bombardment bombers bombs bridge Brigade Britain build-up Caen capture casualties Cherbourg Churchill cliffs coast coastal Colonel Corps COSSAC Cotentin Peninsula counterattack D-Day defenses Dieppe raid DRIED WHOLE RATIONS east Eisenhower enemy England Field Marshal fighting fire flank fleet France French German German defenders German strong points gliders headquarters heavy Hitler INFANTRY DIVISION inland June landing craft later Lieut Luftwaffe machine-gun matériel miles Montgomery mortar naval Normandy obstacles officer Omaha Beach operation Orne Orne River Overlord parachute paratroopers Pas-de-Calais planes planners port radar Regiment reinforce River road Rommel Rundstedt sea wall Second Front SHAEF shells ships shore soldiers Stagg Supreme Commander Sword Beach tanks tide town units Utah Beach vehicles village wave weather wounded yards