Capturing the La Fière Causeway

Marty Morgan, the eminent American historian joins us to talk about the battle of La Fière from June 6th to 9th. A small stone bridge and causeway over the Merderet River at La Fière in Normandy was a key objective of the 82nd Airborne and re-enforcements from Utah Beach to cut off the Cherbourg peninsula .

SLA Marshall described the battle as “probably the bloodiest small unit struggle in the history of American arms.

Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy by Martin K.A. Morgan
UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/9780764320118
USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/9780764320118

Live camera work by Magali Desquesne https://www.dday4you.com/
and Romain Bréget https://twitter.com/Kormin_ https://frenchbattlefield.blogspot.com/
Romain's show on WW2TV about Resistance in Normandy https://youtu.be/0gkB2VG-kY8

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