This story took place on the tenth day following the D-Day landings as one armored battalion struggled to free themselves of the hedgerows, placate their slogan-loving general and ultimately make that dinner date in far-off Paris. You will get a sense of the business-like mood that prevailed among front-line army men and learn which armored vehicles were involved in this assault on Nazi-occupied France.


FDR’s D-Day prayer can be read here


– from Amazon:


Read War Stories from the Second Armored Division in Normandy<br>(Yank Magazine, 1944) for Free

2nd Armored Division at Normandy 19442nd Armored Division breakout from Normandy 19442nd Armored Division breakout from Normandy Hedgerows 1944Yank Magazine War Stories 1944WW2 War Stories from Yank Magazine 1944Armored Divisions that fought at NormandyTank Drive in France by Walter Peters Yank Magazine 1944Mood of Men in Combat 1944Tank Drive in Brittany 1944YANK correspondent Walter Peters ww2 article
Scroll to Top