Neptune
The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings
Book - 2014
The author describes the events during and leading up to the Allied attack in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, detailing how British and American generals strategized years before the invasion in a military operation known as Neptune.
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Publisher:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
ISBN:
9780199986118
0199986118
0199986118
Branch Call Number:
940.5421 SY67
Characteristics:
xvii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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From Library Staff
On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day, as it would come to be known, would eventually lead to the liberation of Western Europe, and was a critical step in the road to victory in World War II. Yet ... Read More »
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