Screen LibraryD-Day : the essential reference guide /
"This outstanding overview of D-Day makes clear its great importance in military and world history, identifies mistakes committed on both sides, and explains all aspects of the 1944 Allied invasion of France and the Normandy Campaign that followed. The beach landings at Normandy, France, in Jun...
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ABC-CLIO,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"This outstanding overview of D-Day makes clear its great importance in military and world history, identifies mistakes committed on both sides, and explains all aspects of the 1944 Allied invasion of France and the Normandy Campaign that followed. The beach landings at Normandy, France, in June of 1944 were of critical importance in the outcome of World War II, and as a consequence, served to determine the economic and political state of the modern world as we know it. This latest reference book edited by esteemed historian Spencer C. Tucker supplies easy-to-understand overview entries on t |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781440849749 (hardback) : 1440849749 (hardback) 9781440849756 1440849757 |
| Index Number: | D756 |
| CLC: |
K152-61 K565.46-61 |
| Call Number: | K565.46-61/D111 |
| Contents: | Introduction: The Normandy invasion (D-Day, June 6, 1944) and campaign -- A-Z entries -- Primary documents -- Appendix A: Ground forces order of battle on D-Day, June 6, 1944 -- Appendix B: Number of troops killed on June 6, 1944 -- Appendix C: Army, corps, and division units involved in the Battle of Normandy (June 6, 1944 -- August 29, 1944) -- Appendix D: Estimated casualties in the Battle of Normandy (June 6 -- August 29, 1944) -- Chronology. |