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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First Edition" stated. Number line complete 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -- the first printing. The struggle to hold St. Mere Eglise and the bridge causeways over the flooded Merderet until the D-Day landing forces could link up (they were days late -- and Bernard Montgomery wouldn't take his D-Day objective, the crossroads town of Caen, for six weeks) are depicted as a victory. And indeed, the 82nd and 101st Airborne seized and held their objectives. But they did it at a terrible cost in brigade commanders -- who led from the front, often with ad hoc assemblages of fewer than 5 percent of the men they expected to have, since few men came down anywhere near where they expected, and dozens drowned in fields that Allied intelligence failed to notice were flooded. Worst of all, in what Ruggero properly describes as their greatest failure, those analysts failed to discern (and thus to warn anyone) how hard it was going to be to move through the Norman hedgerows. Ruggero also notes that the bazooka rocket-launcher was effective only against the more vulnerable sides and rear of enemy tanks -- even the light, German-captured Renault tanks which the paratroopers faced on D-Day. 349 pp. including index. OUR SECOND BOOK, "Utah Beach," ISBN 9780811701440 , is an 8v0 2005 trade paperback "Advance Uncorrected Proof," "First Edition" stated, number line complete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Original publicity sheet laid in. The tale of the Normandy landings told largely in quotations from the commanders or from men who were there, with each citation followed by brief commentary or explanation. 375 pp. without index. The pair of titles on related topics now reduced from $32.