| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 575 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
American warriors |
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American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
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| Contents |
The invasion of France and the lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944 -- Operation Cobra and the breakthrough at St. Lô, 25-31 July 1944 -- Exploitation of the St. Lô breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944 -- The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944 -- The German counteroffensive and the drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945 -- Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945 -- Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945 -- Exploitation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 1945 -- Final operations, 19 April-7 May 1945 -- Appendix: Locations of the First U.S. Army command posts, 9 June 1944-14 May 1945 |
| Summary |
The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and approved. The diary chronicles Hodges's ascent to Commanding General in August 1944, as well as his viewpoints on strategy and the enemy, and follows Hodges and the First Army through savage European combat until the German surrender in May 1945 |
| Notes |
"An AUSA book"--Ser. title page |
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Reproduces in edited form the First Army's daily war diary, maintained for Hodges by his aides |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-530) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966.
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| SUBJECT |
Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966 fast |
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Hodges, Courtney H. swd |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Army, 1st
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army. Army, 1st fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military campaigns
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Regimental histories
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Westfront
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France -- Normandy
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United States
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Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
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Frankreich
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Normandie -- Invasion (1944)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Francis G., Jr.
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Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966.
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Greenwood, John T
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| LC no. |
2008028010 |
| ISBN |
9780813126425 |
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0813126428 |
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9780813138664 |
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0813138663 |
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1283232405 |
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9781283232401 |
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0813135036 |
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9780813135038 |
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9786613232403 |
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6613232408 |
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