D-Day to Carpiquet the North Shore Regiment and the liberation of Europe
"On the morning of July 4, 1944, the 1st Battalion of the North Shore Regiment moved into position just west of the French village of Carpiquet, its ranks filled with farmers, fishermen, woods workers, and mill hands. Most of the men had been in the first wave that stormed the Normandy beaches...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Fredericton, NB
Goose Lane Ed. u.a.
2007
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| Schriftenreihe: | New Brunswick military heritage series
9 |
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Canada - Armée canadienne - Bataillon, New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore), 1er - Histoire
> Canada.
> History
> Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Campagnes et batailles - France - Carpiquet
> Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Campagnes et batailles - France - Normandie
> Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Histoire des unités - Canada
> Geschichte
> Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
> World War, 1939-1945
> Campaigns
> Regimental histories
> Heer
> Operation Overlord
> Carpiquet (France) - Histoire militaire
> Frankreich
> Kanada
> Carpiquet (France)
> History, Military
> Carpiquet
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "On the morning of July 4, 1944, the 1st Battalion of the North Shore Regiment moved into position just west of the French village of Carpiquet, its ranks filled with farmers, fishermen, woods workers, and mill hands. Most of the men had been in the first wave that stormed the Normandy beaches a month earlier and were already battle-hardened veterans, but nothing could have prepared them for what was to come. In five long days, Carpiquet became the graveyard of the Regiment. Almost 200 men were killed or wounded, and the fighting strength of the Battalion's rifle companies was gutted." "D-Day to Carpiquet tells the story of the D-Day landing and the ferocious battles that followed. Using extensive new research and interviews with veterans, this unique account reveals the significance of the Regiment's accomplishments in the first stage of the Normandy campaign."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Beschreibung: | 138 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780864924896 978-0-86492-489-6 |