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Overlord : D-Day and the Battle for Normandy / Max Hastings.
Describes the military effort by which the Allies regained the continent of Europe in World War II.
Record details
- ISBN: 1982110775
- ISBN: 9780671460297
- ISBN: 9781982110772 (pbk)
- Physical Description: 368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2019.
- Copyright: ©1984
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-353) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" -- Preparations: commanders; airmen; invaders; defenders -- To the far shore: the overture; the American beaches; the British beaches; Inland -- The British before Caen: closing the lines; Villers-Bocage; EPSOM -- The Americans before Cherbourg: the bocage; the battle for Cherbourg -- The German army: stemming the tide: Soldiers; weapons -- The battlefield: from the beachhead to the front; casualties -- Crisis of confidence: the fall of Caen; GOODWOOD -- The breakout: COBRA; the limits of air power -- The open flank -- The road to Falaise -- The gap -- Appendices: Glossary ; Chronology of the Normandy Campaign ; Allied Order of Battle ; German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy. |
| Original Version Note: | Facsimile reprint of edition published: Simon and Schuster, 1984. |
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| Subject: | Operation Overlord. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy. Normandy (France) > History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Juniata County Library | 940.54 HAS (Text) | 39640100691029 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
