Henry comes to Omaha Beach with the all-black 320 th Barrage Balloon Battalion. A distance up the beach, a German 88 fires at Achilles disabling the treads and creating a large crater in front of the tank… Operation Integration – Henry Achilles makes it through the surf, but Valiant becomes stuck. When the boat reaches the shore, one tank Coventry’s Revenge is hit by a big gun and explodes. After landing in Normandy, James realizes he is seven miles away from his mission… Operation Amiens – Billīill crosses the English Channel with three tank crews. James rides in the airplane with the other paratroopers from Canada several hours before the foot soldiers arrive on the beaches of Normandy. So, just how can she help her mother escape? Operation Tonga – James
Samira barely escapes by hiding in the doghouse.
Kenza sends Samira to quiet the barking dog, so they won’t be caught. When they spot German soldiers arresting French villagers from their homes, Kenza rushes to help. Samira and her mother, Kenza, leave the house after curfew to deliver a coded message to a rural guerrilla band of French Resistance fighters, the Maquis.
By the time the two reach shore, Taylor has died from a gunshot wound in Dee’s arms… Operation Tortoise – Samari Sergeant Taylor yells for help because he can’t swim.
When Dee gets out of the boat, he realizes they are in deep water. As soon as the door to the Higgins boat opens, German machine guns blast the soldiers. If you are looking for a novel your students will love, look no further. In this book, Gratz tells six separate stories following six different D-Day operations through six different perspectives. Did you love Alan Gratz’s novel Refugee? He writes another winner with his newest book Allies.
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