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Description: Offered by Over The Blue Horizon is a mint copy of “CROSS CHANNEL ATTACK” by Gordon A. Harrison. Published by the U.S. Army as one of the volumes in the ‘U.S. Army in World War II/The European Theater of Operations’ series, it is more formally referred to as U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) Publication 7-4. Although first published in 1951, it remains one of the standards in the study of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944. Presented primarily as an operational level history of the planning and execution of the invasion, Harrison's prose is remarkably readable for an official publication. The author drew on the official records and on interviews with American, British, and German participants when D-Day was still fresh in memory (late 1940’s/early 1950’s). The first half of the book describes the long, painful planning process for D-Day during which American enthusiasm for a direct strike at Hitler's Germany competed with British wariness over the risks and required resources of such an operation. Harrison's discussion of the long and contentious dialogue is frank but fair to the concerns of both American and British planners. The book offers considerable insight into the slowly maturing planning capabilities of the U.S. participants and into the inherent difficulties of planning such a major operation. The second half of the book describes the D-Day operation and its immediate aftermath, up through the capture of Cherbourg. The focus is on the actions of the U.S. First Army. Harrison sketches portions of the tactical action -- for example, the struggle of the 101st Airborne Division to take the key town of Carentan -- to illustrate the difficulties faced by American forces in taking the Utah and Omaha beachheads and then expanding into the interior of Normandy. Harrison provides appropriate narrative on the German challenges in organizing the defense of northwest France and in attempting to counteract the invasion after 6 June 1944. It becomes clear in the course of the narrative that the Allies did a remarkable job pulling off an exceptionally difficult operation and that the Germans did themselves few favors in planning and executing their defense. Note that this book remains relevant enough to continue to be commercially republished – this is not such a reprint – it’s the real deal, published by the U.S. Army. Chapters include: The Roots of Strategy; Outline Overlord (January-July 1943); Overlord in the Balance (August-December 1943); The German Army in France (1941-1943); Overlord Revised; Preliminary Operations; German Defense Measures (1944); The Sixth of June; The V Corps Lodgment (7-18 June); and The Capture of Cherbourg (8 June-1 July). Also included as appendixes is the Directive to Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force; the two Hitler Directives; a Comparison of Comparative Firepower; and Divisions Available to Germany in June 1944. The book includes photographs and maps as well as 23 additional, fold-out maps neatly adhered to the back of the inside cover. This 519 page, 7.25 x 10 inch hardcover is green cloth with gold gilt and lettering, and was published by the U.S. Army’s Center of Military History in 2007 (first printed in 1951). Condition of the book is absolutely BRAND NEW – tight, bright, clean and crisp in every regard! This book is an absolute necessity for any serious student of World War II in the European Theater of Operations. You see copies of this book for sale every now and but they are usually ex-library copies -- here’s your chance to own a brand-new copy. Note that Over the Blue Horizon ships from the USA with FREE United States Postal Service (USPS) PRIORITY MAIL to USA buyers! eBay charges sales tax for certain states; Over the Blue Horizon charges Hawaii residents state general excise tax. Your purchase will be carefully wrapped to ensure that it arrives in the same condition as described in the eBay listing. If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, we will work something out -- your satisfaction is GUARANTEED. Regardless of where you are in the world, buy with confidence from a well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation and an exceptionally high customer satisfaction rate.

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