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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 940 EAN: 9781841760865 ISBN: 1841760862 Label: Osprey Publishing Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 48 Publication Date: March 25, 2001 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: March 25, 2001 Studio: Osprey Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The GIs who struggled ashore through the surf of Omaha and Utah Beaches on 6 June 1944 were members of the best-equipped army ever assembled up to that date. It was in the NW Europe campaign of June 1944-May 1945 that the US Army was finally able to show its full potential for fluent mechanised warfare. This title describes both combat and service uniforms worn in the ETO, from the assault troops on the D-Day beaches to bemedalled veterans celebrating VE-Day; other subjects covered include artillery, tanks, anti-tank weapons, the engineers, the replacement system; and the insignia of the divisions committed to this front. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Useful Overview of a Vast SubjectThis work is a splendid example of the new emphasis of the publisher on producing comprehensive works in a handy cheap format compared with the earlier broad brush treatments which covered too much in too little detail. The new emphasis is on sets covering various national armed forces in as much detail as is available, consistent with the current purpose of the works in the series, which have evolved from an original emphasis on serving the military miniature maker market into works intended ... Read More Rating: - It's mike Chappell's illustration!!(...)eventhough it's men at arm series which tend to give us only intrinsic information about particular armed forces, it was beautifully illustrated and well searched book of this size very concise and informative. the biggest reason I purchase this book is Mr.Chappell's acurate illustration and it is worth of paying if you alredy had variuos informations about U.S. Army in WW II, this book wouldn't help you any more, yet. if you were a bigginer and a Read More Rating:  - An interesting Overview of a Major Theatre.(...)It is good to see the publisher is now publishing works of finer detail than the early volumes in this series which tried to cover the whole of the US Army and others for the whole period of WW II and other eras. The subject matter is just too vast for such broad treatment and the tactical and environmental conditions so different from theatre to theatre. As to the content I have perused several works written and or illustrated by Mike Chappell and have found him Read More 
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