Author

Publication

2007-05-01 - Goose Lane Editions

Language

English

Word Count

34,500 words, Guess

Page Count

138 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100864924895
  • ISBN-139780864924896
  • LibraryThing6624427
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007408118
  • OCLC Control Number84989224
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780864924896
  • Open LibraryOL8315394M

Classifications

  • LCCD756.5 N6 M495 2007
  • LCCD756.5.N6 M45 2007

Description

"On the morning of July 4, 1944, the 1st Battalion of the North Shore Regiment moved into position just west of the French village of Carpiquet, its ranks filled with farmers, fishermen, woods workers, and mill hands. Most of the men had been in the first wave that stormed the Normandy beaches a month earlier and were already battle-hardened veterans, but nothing could have prepared them for what was to come. In five long days, Carpiquet became the graveyard of the Regiment. Almost 200 men were killed or wounded, and the fighting strength of the Battalion's rifle companies was gutted." "D-Day to Carpiquet tells the story of the D-Day landing and the ferocious battles that followed. Using extensive new research and interviews with veterans, this unique account reveals the significance of the Regiment's accomplishments in the first stage of the Normandy campaign."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • D-Day to Carpiquet: The North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe (New Brunswick Military Heritage Series)PaperbackGoose Lane Editions2007-05-01

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