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IWM D-Day Experience Richard Holmes

IWM D-Day Experience By Richard Holmes

IWM D-Day Experience by Richard Holmes


$25.99
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

D-Day took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men from around the world and helped seal the fate of Hitler's Third Reich. This book presents an account of the planning and execution of the invasion using first-hand accounts, along with memorabilia items.

IWM D-Day Experience Summary

IWM D-Day Experience by Richard Holmes

D-Day took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men from around the world and helped seal the fate of Hitler's Third Reich. This book is a graphic account of the planning and execution of the invasion and through a wealth of first-hand accounts and memorabilia items the reader can relive this momentous period.

About Richard Holmes

Professor Richard Holmes is author of a string of bestsellers, most recently Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front (HarperCollins 2004). He also wrote the top 10 bestsellers Wellington: The Iron Duke and, most recently, The Napoleonic Wars Experience (Carlton Books, 2006). He has also written the Imperial War Museum's First and Second World War in Photographs for Carlton Books in 2001 and 2000. Richard is General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History and has presented seven documentary series for the BBC.

Table of Contents

The Planning; The Leaders - Allied; The Leaders - German; German Forces and Defenses; Deception and Intelligence; The Resistance and SOE; Pegasus Bridge; British Airborne Assault; US Airborne Assault; Utah Beach; Pointe du Hoc; Omaha Beach; Gold Beach; Juno Beach; Sword Beach; Villers Bocage; Pluto and Mulberry; Operation Epsom; Bocage Fighting and the Capture of Cherbourg; Operation Charnwood; Medics; The Battle for St Lo; Operation Goodwood; Operation Cobra and Breakout; Allied Tactical Air Support; Operations Totalize and Tractable; The Falaise Pocket; The Liberation of Paris.

Additional information

GOR004551210
9781844425068
1844425061
IWM D-Day Experience by Richard Holmes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Welbeck Publishing Group
20070507
80
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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