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Blood on the Sand: Omaha, the Airborne Drop & the Fall of Fortress Europe
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On June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord unleashed paratroopers, Rangers, and five beach assaults in a single day that cracked the wall of Fortress Europe. This chapter traces the chaos of the airborne drop, the slaughter at Omaha Beach, and the Rangers scaling Pointe du Hoc — the moments that decided the war in the West.
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On the night of June fifth, nineteen forty-four, Dwight Eisenhower wrote a message he hoped he'd never need. It was a short statement taking full personal responsibility for the failure of the invasion he was about to order.
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