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Previously untested in battle, the American 29th Infantry Division stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day and began a summer of bloody combat in the hedgerows of Normandy. Against a tenacious German foe, the division fought fiercely for every inch of ground and, at great cost, liberated the town of St. Lo. This new and expanded edition of Joseph Balkoski's classic follows the 29th through the final stages of the Normandy campaign and the brutal struggle for the town of Vire.

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Magnificent.' - Stephen Ambrose 'If you want to know what it was like, from Private to General, from rifle to tank, from beginning to end, this is the book for you.' - Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts

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Joseph Balkoski is a historian specializing in the history of D-Day and the Normandy campaign. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. He resided in Normandy during the summer of 2001 to study the D-Day beaches and Normandy battlefields, and he has conducted several ""battlefield staff rides"" there for current U.S. Army soldiers as part of their military training.

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