Normandy :
by Wieviorka, Olivier,
Published by : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (Cambridge, Mass. :) Physical details: xiv, 446 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm. ISBN:9780674028388 (alk. paper); 0674028384 (alk. paper). Year: 2008| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 940.5421421 Wie (Browse shelf) | Available | Memorial | 91843 |
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| 940.542121 Lar The splendid and the vile : | 940.5421273 Cav Dauntless : | 940.54214 Gre Great escape at Dunkirk | 940.5421421 Wie Normandy : | 940.542145 Atk The day of battle : | 940.54219348 Bru The Battle of the Bulge : | 940.5421971 Fre The forgotten 500 |
Translated from the French.
"Originally published as Histoire du debarquement en Normandie : des origines a la liberation de Paris, 1941-1944, Editions du Seuil, janvier 2007"--T.p. verso.
Introduction: Return to France --
Allies, not friends --
Preparing for war --
Planning for D-Day --
Logistics, training, rehearsals --
Strategies and stratagems --
The other side of the hill --
D-Day, H-Hour --
To win a battle --
Stalemate --
Psychoneuroses --
From Avranches to Paris --
The Battle of France --
and France's battle --
Liberation and liberated --
"The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed near-mythic status in the annals of World War II. Now Olivier Wieviorka brings the Normandy campaign back down to earth in a balanced and honest account that narrates the titanic enterprise from the planning stages to the Allied entry into Paris." "In addition to describing the landings with precision and drama, Wieviorka covers the planning and diplomatic background, Allied relationships, German defensive preparations, the morale of the armies, economics and logistics, political and military leaders, and civilians' and soldiers' experience of the fighting."--Jacket.