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POINTE DU HOC (Secret Operations)
POINTE DU HOC - Secret Operations
Author: Peter Howard
Located to the west of Omaha Beach, the six 155mm cannon based at Pointe du Hoc, with their 25,000yd range, represented a major threat to the US forces scheduled to land on the beach. Regarded as impregnable from the sea, as a result of sheer cliffs, the battery was heavily defended on the landward side, with heavily concreted casements, tunnels...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780711030954
ISBN-10: 0711030952
Pages: 96
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Publisher: Ian Allan
Book Type: Paperback
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