Normandy to victory : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army / William C. Sylvan and Francis G. Smith, Jr. ; edited by John T. Greenwood.

Author: Sylvan, William C.

Imprint:Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.

Descriptionxi, 575 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Reproduces in edited form the First Army's daily war diary, maintained for Hodges by his aides.

Note:"An AUSA book"--Ser. t.p.

Note:The invasion of France and the lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944 -- Operation Cobra and the breakthrough at St. Lo, 25-31 July 1944 -- Exploitation of the St. Lo breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944 -- The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944 -- The German counteroffensive and the drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945 -- Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945 -- Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945 -- Exploitation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 1945 -- Final operations, 19 April-7 May 1945 -- Appendix: Locations of the First U.S. Army command posts, 9 June 1944-14 May 1945.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-530) and index.

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