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Allied Intelligence and the Cover Up at Pointe Du Hoc - The History of the 2nd & 5th US Army Rangers, 1943 - 30th April 1944 (Hardcover)
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Allied Intelligence and the Cover Up at Pointe Du Hoc - The History of the 2nd & 5th US Army Rangers, 1943 - 30th April 1944 (Hardcover)
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Volume 1 of this two-part work puts the reader firmly into the
footsteps of the 2nd and 5th Rangers as they arrive in England in
1943\. It follows them during their intensive training with the
Commandos and the Royal Navy as they head towards D-Day - including
cliff climbing, assault landings and the Slapton Sands dress
rehearsal'. The orders given to the Rangers, along with dozens of
aerial reconnaissance photographs of Omaha Beach, Pointe et Raz de
la Perc e, Pointe du Hoc and Maisy - as well as French Resistance
reports - detail the information given to the Rangers' commander
Lt. Col. Rudder. Shown in chronological order and in their original
format, many of the documents are still marked TOP SECRET and were
only recently released after nearly 70 years. The author fills in
the gaps that many have only guessed at concerning the Rangers'
real missions on D-Day, and in Volume 2 he explains why a battalion
commander was removed whilst onboard ship prior to the landings,
why the individual Rangers were not briefed on all of their D-Day
objectives - as well as the extraordinary role that Lt. Col. Rudder
played at Pointe du Hoc. Described by US historians as 'one of the
most detailed works about the D-Day Rangers ever written', this
work is the culmination of four years of detailed research within
the US Archives and backed up by evidence uncovered in Normandy. It
is a real historical game-changer that pulls no punches as it
challenges conventional studies of one of the most iconic battles
of WWII. There can be no doubt that this work will change the way
that historians view the Pointe du Hoc battle from now on.
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