Eagles and Bulldogs in Normandy, 1944: The American 29th Infantry Division from Omaha Beach to St. Lo and the British 3rd Infantry Division from Sword
This is the story of the two divisions: the American 29th and the
British 3rd. After describing the agonies suffered by the Americans
on Omaha, and the difficulties that face the British in overcoming
strong points at Sword Beach on D-Day, the author traces both
divisions as they try to break through the German defences. It was
to take the GI's nearly six weeks to reach their objective,
whilst the Tommies were forced into a concurrent holding operation
redolent of the trench warfare experience of World War One. The
main part of Caen, the central communication point and respective
objective was eventually captured on the 9th July, but by this
point, the two Allied divisions had suffered more than 10,000
casualties, and several thousands of French civilians had been
killed.
