TY - BOOK AU - Beevor,Antony TI - D-day: the battle for Normandy SN - 9780670887033 AV - D 756.5 B387d 2009 U1 - 940.54/21421 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - France KW - Normandy KW - Normandy (France) KW - History, Military KW - 20th century KW - Guerra Mundial, 1939-1945 KW - CampaƱa KW - Francia KW - Normandia KW - Normandia (Francia) KW - Historia, militar KW - Siglo XX N1 - "#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 N2 - 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 ER -