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The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion. John C. McManus. Forge Books. 400 pages; black and white photographs; maps; index; $26.95
D-Day was a pivotal moment in world history. It was the day the United States stopped being a junior partner of the Allies and came into its own as a world power. It was also the day the United States helped win possibly the most important battle in the west against Nazi Germany.
John McManus explores the victory by focusing exclusively on the American battlefields of Normandy. While the British and Canadians saw their share of combat on June 6, the bulk of the fighting and the bloodiest battles were fought by the Americans at Omaha and Utah beaches, Pointe du Hoc, Stè. Mere Eglise and...