Bibliograph

D-day, the Battle for Normandy, Antony Beevor

Type

Label

D-day, the Battle for Normandy, Antony Beevor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 570-574) and index

Illustrations

mapsportraitsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

D-day

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

318411577

Responsibility statement

Antony Beevor

Sub title

the Battle for Normandy

Summary

[T]his 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.--From publisher description

Table Of 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 airborne -- Gold and Juno -- Sword -- Securing the beachheads -- Failure at Caen -- Villers-Bocage -- The Americans on the Cotentin Peninsula -- Operation Epsom -- The battle of the Bocage -- Caen and the Hill of Calvary -- The final battle for Saint-Lô -- Operation Goodwood -- The plot against Hitler -- Operation Cobra : breakthrough -- Operation Cobra : breakout -- Brittany and Operation Bluecoat -- The Mortain counter-attack -- 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

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