Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign. By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division-the 29th-during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lo. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps, Balkoski follows the 29th from the bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of Normandy, illustrating the brutal realities of life on the front line.

About the Author
Joseph Balkoski is, in the words of USA Today, "the top living D-Day historian" and, in the words of the Wall Street Journal, "a true maestro of original D-Day history." He has written Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and Beyond the Beachhead, the first in a five-volume history of the 29th Division in World War II. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.


Book Information
ISBN 9780811738446
Author Joseph Balkoski
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Stackpole Books
Publisher Stackpole Books