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Normandy '44 : D-Day and the epic 77-day battle for France : a new history  Cover Image Book Book

Normandy '44 : D-Day and the epic 77-day battle for France : a new history / James Holland.

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On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a new history that reframes our understanding and appreciation of the momentous Normandy campaign, from award-winning historian James Holland.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802129420
  • Physical Description: lx, 649 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
Normandy (France) > History, Military > 20th century.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Castlegar Campus Library D 756.5 N6 H65 2019 (Text) B001643766 General Volume hold Available -

List of Maps
ix
Maps
xi
Principal Personalities lii
Gallery of Portraits lvi
Foreword lix
Prologue 1(8)
Part I The Battle Before D-Day
1 The Atlantic Wall
9(14)
2 Command of the Skies
23(19)
3 Understanding Montgomery and the Master Plan
42(11)
4 Countdown
53(13)
5 The Winds of War
66(14)
6 Big War
80(15)
7 Air Power
95(14)
Part II Invasion
8 D-Day Minus One
109(11)
9 D-Day: The First Hours
120(19)
10 D-Day: Dawn
139(14)
11 D-Day: The American Landings
153(15)
12 D-Day: The British and Canadian Landings
168(18)
13 D-Day: The Turning of the Battle
186(16)
14 D-Day: Foothold
202(23)
Part III Attrition
15 Bridgehead
225(18)
16 Fighter-Bomber Racecourse
243(11)
17 Linking Up
254(13)
18 The Constraints of Wealth and the Freedom of Poverty
267(17)
19 Behind the Lines
284(10)
20 The Grinding Battle
294(16)
21 The Great Storm
310(16)
22 EPSOM
326(17)
23 Cherbourg and the Scottish Corridor
343(17)
24 Trouble at the Top
360(16)
25 Bloody Bocage
376(15)
26 Living Like Foxes
391(20)
Part IV Breakout
27 A Brief Discourse on Weapons and the Operational Level of War
411(17)
28 Crisis of Command
428(16)
29 Goodwood
444(17)
30 Saint-L6
461(10)
31 Cobra
471(10)
32 Bluecoat
481(15)
33 Luttich
496(11)
34 Tank Battle at Saint-Aignan
507(12)
35 The Corridor of Death
519(13)
Postscript 532(9)
Glossary 541(3)
Appendices 544(11)
Timeline: Normandy 1944 555(10)
Timeline: D-Day 565(10)
Notes 575(22)
Selected Sources 597(28)
Acknowledgements 625(4)
Picture Acknowledgements 629(4)
Index 633


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