OMAHA BEACH

At last, a guide for this emblematic, tragic beach. General Shuey was the best person to write it. As a young officer, he served under veterans of Omaha Beach among whom General Cota, then he commanded the famous 116th Infantry Regiment before taking command of the whole 29th Division at the end of his career. Sector by sector (with full maps), he goes over the operations, using veterans’ testimonies, and studies the fighting from a military point of view, evaluating the role played by the German positions, an indispensable complement to the Omaha Beach by George Bernage.