| Description |
vii, 128 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, maps (some color), portraits ; 26 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
CMH pub. ; 100-13 |
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American forces in action series |
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CMH pub ; 100-13.
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American forces in action series.
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| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Historical Division, War Dept., 1947. |
| Contents |
The July offensive -- First Army's problem -- XIX Corps' problem -- The enemy side -- XIX Corps attacks west of the Vire (7-11 July) -- The opening assault (7 July) -- The 113th Cavalry Group enters the bridgehead (7-8 July) -- Coordination troubles (8 July) -- More coordination troubles (9 July) -- Effort toward Hauts-Vents (10 July) -- The counterattack of Panzer Lehr (11 July) -- Hauts-Vents is taken (11 July) -- Action west of the Taute (7-11 July) -- Opening attack on St-Lô (11 July) -- The 29th Division starts well -- The 2nd Division takes Hill 192 -- The 35th Division enters the fight -- II Parachute Corps, 11 July -- XIX Corps has slow going (12-14 July) -- Limited gains east of St-Lô (29th Division) -- Stalemate north of St-Lô (35th Division) -- The salient west of the Vire (30th Division) -- First Army progress, 11-14 July -- Last phase of the battle (15-20 July) -- Progress west of the Vire (15-29 July) -- East of the Vire: the attack of 15 July -- The battle on Martinville ridge (16-17 July) -- Capture of St-Lô (18-19 July). |
| Form |
Mode of access via the U.S. Army web site. |
| Note |
Seven maps on 7 folded leaves in pocket. |
| Summary |
Chronicles the operations of a single corps in the First Army's offensive during the first three weeks of July 1944 designed to deepen the lodgment area preparatory to the breakout from Normandy. |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Corps, XIX -- Regimental histories.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
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Saint-Lô (France) -- History -- Siege, 1944.
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| Added Author |
Center of Military History.
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United States. War Department. Historical Division.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: St-Lô (7 July - 19 July, 1944). Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1984 (OCoLC)652377858 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0344-G |
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0344-G (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 114.9:SA 2 |
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