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Pointe du Hoc 1944 by Tim Saunders (2018, Trade Paperback)
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When the plan to climb the defended cliff and put the guns out of action was first discussed, an astounded staff officer said Two old ladies with brooms cold sweep them off those cliffs! Rocket fired grapples, ladders of various types and even free climbing of a similar lose cliff on England's south coast were practiced.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101473889162
ISBN-139781473889163
eBay Product ID (ePID)25038380743
Product Key Features
Book TitlePointe Du Hoc 1944
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Europe / France, Europe / Western, Military / United States, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases)
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenreReference, History
AuthorTim Saunders
Book SeriesBattleground Normandy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.542142
SynopsisPointe Du Hoc 1944 joins over 160 previously published titles in the acclaimed Battleground series. These well written and highly illustrated guide books not only bring the battlefields alive for visitors but inform and entertain readers at home. For a full listing of the series, see inside, or visit out website www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Book jacket., The action by the US Rangers is the stuff of legends but in an operation that has been mythologised and in the process has been badly distorted. This book goes back to original documents: orders, reports and first-hand accounts to establish the story of the three separate Ranger Forces that made-up Rudder's Rangers who assaulted not just Pointe du, The attack by Rudder's Rangers on Pointe du Hoc, as one of the opening acts of D Day, is without doubt an epic of military history. As a result of Montgomery's upscaling of the invasion General Bradley's First US Army had to deal with a dangerous coastal gun battery that would dominate the approaches to both Omaha and Utah Beaches. When the plan to climb the defended cliff and put the guns out of action was first discussed, an astounded staff officer said 'Two old ladies with brooms cold sweep them off those cliffs ' Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder, commander of the Provisional Ranger Group consisting of 2nd and 5th US Rangers, set about training his men and developing techniques to get up the hundred-foot-high cliff. Rocket fired grapples, ladders of various types and even free climbing of a similar lose cliff on England's south coast were practiced. On D-Day everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Lesser men would have given up, with the force having navigated towards the wrong headland, been continuously under fire as they motored back towards Pointe du Hoc, shipping water in the rough seas, craft sinking and few of the saturated grapples reaching the cliff top. None the less determined Rangers with German infantry hurling grenades down on them struggled up the cliff but the guns were not there. With the Rangers fanning out across the wrecked battery and into the fields beyond the guns were found in an orchard and destroyed with thermite grenades. Mission accomplished but at 1300 hours there was no sign of the relieving force from Omaha. Colonel Rudder with his radios barely working appealed for help but with a near disaster at Omaha, neither help or relief was forthcoming. Consequently, the 200 Rangers fought on against mounting pressure in an equally epic battle until finally relieved two days later., The attack by Rudder's Rangers on Pointe du Hoc, as one of the opening acts of D Day, is without doubt an epic of military history. As a result of Montgomery's upscaling of the invasion General Bradley's First US Army had to deal with a dangerous coastal gun battery that would dominate the approaches to both Omaha and Utah Beaches. When the plan to climb the defended cliff and put the guns out of action was first discussed, an astounded staff officer said 'Two old ladies with brooms cold sweep them off those cliffs!' Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder, commander of the Provisional Ranger Group consisting of 2nd and 5th US Rangers, set about training his men and developing techniques to get up the hundred-foot-high cliff. Rocket fired grapples, ladders of various types and even free climbing of a similar lose cliff on England's south coast were practiced. On D-Day everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Lesser men would have given up, with the force having navigated towards the wrong headland, been continuously under fire as they motored back towards Pointe du Hoc, shipping water in the rough seas, craft sinking and few of the saturated grapples reaching the cliff top. None the less determined Rangers with German infantry hurling grenades down on them struggled up the cliff but the guns were not there. With the Rangers fanning out across the wrecked battery and into the fields beyond the guns were found in an orchard and destroyed with thermite grenades. Mission accomplished but at 1300 hours there was no sign of the relieving force from Omaha. Colonel Rudder with his radios barely working appealed for help but with a near disaster at Omaha, neither help or relief was forthcoming. Consequently, the 200 Rangers fought on against mounting pressure in an equally epic battle until finally relieved two days later.
LC Classification NumberD756.5
