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The second front / by Douglas Botting and the editors of Time-Life Books.

Botting, Douglas. (Author). Time-Life Books. (Added Author).

Summary:

Text and photographs survey the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Germanoccupied Europe on June 6, 1944.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0809425009
  • ISBN: 9780809425006
  • ISBN: 0809424991
  • ISBN: 9780809424993
  • Physical Description: 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, ©1978.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Rehearsals for invasion -- Overtures to overlord -- Airborne assault -- American landings -- British beachheads -- Fighting inland -- Picture essays: Hitler's Atlantic wall -- Aftermath of a tragic raid -- Big build-up -- Supreme commander -- Yanks in Britain -- Invasion armada -- Ordeal at Omaha -- Britain's shock troops -- Those wondrous tanks -- New work on the beaches -- Index.
Subject:
Dieppe Raid (1942)
German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Operation Overlord.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
Dieppe Raid, 1942.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
Operation Overlord.
Military campaigns.
France.
France > Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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