Normandy '44 D-Day and the epic 77-day battle for France, a new history
"D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west--the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear...
| Main Author: | Holland, James, 1970- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic,
2020.
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| Edition: | First Grove Atlantic paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The battle before D-Day ;
- The Atlantic wall ;
- Command of the skies ;
- Understanding Montgomery and the master plan ;
- Countdown ;
- The winds of war ;
- Big war ;
- Air power
- Invasion. D-Day minus one ;
- D-Day: the first hours ;
- D-Day: dawn ;
- D-Day: the American landings ;
- D-Day: the British and Canadian landings ;
- D-Day: the turning of the battle ;
- D-Day: foothold
- Attrition. Bridgehead ;
- Fighter-bomber racecourse ;
- Linking up ;
- The constraints of wealth and the freedom of poverty ;
- Behind the lines ;
- The grinding battle ;
- The great storm ;
- EPSOM ;
- Cherbourg and the Scottish corridor ;
- Trouble at the top ;
- Bloody bocage ;
- Living like foxes
- Breakout ;
- A brief discourse on weapons and the operational level of war ;
- Crisis of command ;
- GOODWOOD ;
- Saint-Lô ;
- COBRA ;
- BLUECOAT ;
- LŰTTICH ;
- Tank battle at Saint-Aignan ;
- The corridor of death.