Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / Craig L. Symonds.
Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / Craig L. Symonds.
Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / Craig L. Symonds.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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G 2014/4435
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Germany First -- ARCADIA -- "We've Got to Go to Europe and Fight" -- The Mediterranean Tar Baby -- Casablanca to COSSAC -- Brits and Yanks -- "Some Damn Things Called LST's" -- SHAEF and ANCXF -- Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger -- "O.K. We'll Go" -- D-Day: The Invasion -- D-Day: The Beaches --...
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2014.
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"On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day, as it would come to be known, would eventually lead to the liberation of Western Europe, and was a critical step in the road to victory in World War II. Yet the story begins long before the Higgins landing cra...
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Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / Craig L. Symonds.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-410) and index.
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G 2014/4435
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74VKKQBK56yM
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ISBN
0199986118 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9780199986118 (hardback : acid-free paper)
DDC
940.5421421
MMS ID
991021964689702626
