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D-day : the battle for Normandy / Antony Beevor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2009.Description: xv, 591 p. (24p.): ill., plate, maps. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780670887033
  • 067088703X
  • 9780670021192
  • 0670021199
Other title:
  • Battle for Normandy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54/21421
LOC classification:
  • D 756.5 B387d 2009
Contents:
The decision -- Bearing the Cross of Lorraine-- Watch on the Channel-- Sealing off the invasion area-- The airborne assault-- The Armada Crosses-- Omaha-- Utah and the Airbone-- Gold and Juno-- Sword-- Securing the Beachhads-- Failure at Caen-- Villers-Bocage-- The Americans on the Cotentin Peninsula-- Operation Epson-- The batttle of the Bocage-- Caen and the Hill of Calvary-- The final battle for Saint-Lo-- Operation Gooodwood-- The plot against Hitleer-- Operation Cobra- Breakthrough-- Britany abd ioeratuib Bluecoat-- The Mortain Counter-atrack-- Operation Totalize-- The Hammer and Anvil-- The Killing Ground of the Falaise Pocket-- The Paris uprising and the Race for the Seine-- The liberation of Paris-- Aftermath.
Summary: From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 756.5 B387d 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000074596

"#1 International Bestseller" (cover)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 570-574) and index.

The decision -- Bearing the Cross of Lorraine-- Watch on the Channel-- Sealing off the invasion area-- The airborne assault-- The Armada Crosses-- Omaha-- Utah and the Airbone-- Gold and Juno-- Sword-- Securing the Beachhads-- Failure at Caen-- Villers-Bocage-- The Americans on the Cotentin Peninsula-- Operation Epson-- The batttle of the Bocage-- Caen and the Hill of Calvary-- The final battle for Saint-Lo-- Operation Gooodwood-- The plot against Hitleer-- Operation Cobra- Breakthrough-- Britany abd ioeratuib Bluecoat-- The Mortain Counter-atrack-- Operation Totalize-- The Hammer and Anvil-- The Killing Ground of the Falaise Pocket-- The Paris uprising and the Race for the Seine-- The liberation of Paris-- Aftermath.

From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting.

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