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Overture to overlord, Frederick Morgan ; foreword by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Label
Overture to overlord, Frederick Morgan ; foreword by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Overture to overlord
Oclc number
1138710
Responsibility statement
Frederick Morgan ; foreword by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Summary
"Now for the first time one of the most vital achievements of the war -- the preliminary planning of Operation Overlord (European invasion) -- is told, and by the man who brilliantly carried it out. At the Casablanca conference, General Morgan was selected Chief of Staff for the as yeet unspecificed commander to be, and was given the terrifically complex job of working out in detail the Overlord operation. Until April of 1943, when his directive for implementing a staff was approved, the whole operation Overlord, the vastest militrary conception in history, [consisted entirely of General Morgan]. From that date forward, however, the organization grew, and so did the problem, which were staggering and many..." -- Taken from book jacket
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