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Author Van der Vat, Dan.

Title D-Day : the greatest invasion--a people's history / Dan Van der Vat ; introduction by John S.D. Eisenhower.

Imprint New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Adams  940.542142 V286d 2003    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description 176 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Note "Madison Press book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-175) and index.
Contents Introduction -- So much was at stake -- The decisive front -- The plan -- A grand deception -- The forerunners -- Pegasus bridge -- Target: Ste-Mere-Englise -- The sea and air assault -- Utah and bloody Omaha -- Sword, Juno and Gold -- The gathering standoff -- The breakout --Finale at Falaise -- The beginning of the end.
Summary A collection of eyewitness account captures the human drama, heroism, and sacrifice of the assault on Nazi-occupied France, accompanied by personal artifacts, historical and modern photographs, and war artists' paintings.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
Operation Neptune.
Added Author Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013.
ISBN 1582343144
9781582343143
Standard No. YDXCP 1998870

 
    
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