Bøger af Georges Bernage

The moment you step over the threshold of the great door at Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle, you find yourself in a whole new world: the Middle Ages. Cross the lower Courtyard with its inn, forge and mill, then climb the spiral stairways leading to the Lord's furnished apartments.

June 6, 1944. In the gray light of dawn the landing craft carrying the assault wave of two US divisions as well as the Engineers and the Rangers, advanced toward the beach that was their assigned objective, code-named Omaha.

6 juin 1944, deux divisions a¿port¿ am¿caines sont largu¿ ¿¿est de la Presqu¿¿ du Cotentin. L¿une d¿elles, la 101st Airborne Division, a pour mission d¿ouvrir les sorties de plages pour la 4th Infantry Division qui va d¿rquer sur Utah Beach mais aussi de d¿ger les passages sur la Douve, au sud, au milieu des marais pour atteindre et prendre Carentan, petite ville situ¿au coeur de cette zone aquatique mais aussi carrefour strat¿que permettant la jonction avec la t¿ de pont d¿Omaha Beach. Prendre Carentan, c¿est r¿ir les forces am¿caines, un ¿ec isolerait dangereusement les forces ayant pris pied dans le Cotentin. Les Allemands sont num¿quement surclass¿mais un r¿ment d¿¿te, les paras du Fallschirmj¿r-Regiment 6 de von der Heydte, se trouve ¿roximit¿t monte en ligne face ¿a 101e. Ce sera alors un combat acharn¿ntre paras am¿cains et paras allemands, dans le secteur de Saint-C¿me-du-Mont puis devant Carentan. Les paras du 502 PIR attaquent la chauss¿ avec de lourdes pertes puis sur la ferme Ingouf. C¿est enfin le mythique combat du ¿ carr¿e choux ¿. Submerg¿ans Carentan, v¿table ¿ Cassino ¿ normand, von der Heydte d¿oche dans la nuit du 11 au 12 juin, avant la contre-attaque allemande du 13 men¿avec la ¿ G¿tz ¿. C¿est un ¿ec, la bataille est finie. Les Am¿cains ont assur¿a jonction entre les deux t¿s de pont. Cet ouvrage tr¿document¿uit ces op¿tions mal connues, jour par jour avec de nombreux t¿ignages et des documents exceptionnels.

Though the Vikings are remembered in popular culture as savage, helmeted barbarians, their impact on history and contribution to the expansion of civilisation suggests that they were far more than the heavy handed brutes of the Medieval world.

Day-by-day account of Operation Totalize and Operation Tractable.

Day-by-day account of the Battle of Cotentin

This book is the fruit of 40 years research and analysis of eye-witnesses accounts, both military and civilian, thousands of photographs, researched and analysed, concerning the Invasion and Battle of Normandy. With over 470 photos, and 73 maps, this publication provides a day by day account of these events from June 6th to August 30th 1944.

During the night of 5-6 June 1944, the Pathfinders were the first allied soldiers to set foot on Norman soil, the paratroops of the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions fighting all night until the 4th Infantry Division, landing on Utah Beach, linked up with them.

In the Medieval period, the idea of the crusade (or holy war/jihad) gained favor as a way firstly of freeing the Holy Land from Muslim control, it then degenerated into a justification for imposing western domination in Asia Minor. Crusades, therefore, always took place away from western Europe.

Day-by-day account of the First Battle of the Odon

Day-by-day account of the battle for Saint-Lo, one of the key cities to the opening of the Falaise Gap, which ultimately allowed Allied forces to expel German forces from northern France.

The German army occupied the town of Saint-Lo on 17 June 1940.

* A highly illustrated colour guide to the different phases of operations during the Battle of Normandy The Battle of Normandy is the official term for the British and Canadian military campaign lasting from June 6 - September 1, 1944, and included the following: * The Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944 * The Invasion of Normandy, or ...

Hastings is perhaps the most famous battle ever fought on English soil and resulted in William, Duke of Normandy, becoming King of England. Popularly known as William the Conqueror, his victory over King Harold and his forces was a pivotal turning point in English history, the influences of which are still to be seen today.