Craig L Symonds

Operation Neptune

The D-Day Landings and the Allied Invasion of Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

An account of D-Day by the man whose work James McPherson says entitles him to first rank among military historians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 137mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190462536
• ISBN-10: 0190462531
• Artikelnr.: 44492952

Autorenporträt

Craig L. Symonds is Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of many books on American naval history, including The Battle of Midway and Lincoln and His Admirals, co-winner of the Lincoln Prize in 2009.

Inhaltsangabe

PROLOGUE
1. Germany First
2. ARCADIA
3. "We've Got to Go to Europe and Fight "
4. The Mediterranean Tar Baby
5. Casablanca to COSSAC
6. Brits and Yanks
7. "Some Damn Things Called LST's "
8. SHAEF and ANCXF
9. Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger
10. "O.K. We'll Go "
11. D-Day: The Invasion
12. D-Day: The Beaches
13. D-Day: The Crisis
14. "The Shoreline Was Just a Shambles "
15. "A Field of Ruins "
EPILOGUE