| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 280 pages) |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Contents |
List of entries -- List of primary documents -- Maps -- Preface -- Introduction : The Normandy Invasion (D-Day, June 6, 1944) and Campagain -- A-Z entries -- Primary documents -- Appendix A. Ground forces order of battle on D-Day, June 6, 1944 -- Appendix B. Number of troops killed on June 6, 1944 -- Appendix C. Army, corps, and division units involved in the Battle of Normandy (Juen 6-August 29, 1944) -- Appendix D. Estimated casualities in the Battle fo Normandy (June 6-August 29, 1944) |
| Summary |
This book presents readers with an overview of D-Day, illustrating its great importance in military and world history, identifying mistakes committed on both sides, and explaining all aspects of the 1944 Allied invasion of France and the Normandy Campaign that followed. Nine key primary source documents, four appendices, a bibliography of books on the subject, and a timeline of critical events are also provided |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 16, 2017) |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Encyclopedias
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Operation Overlord -- Encyclopedias
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Operation Overlord
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Military campaigns
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| SUBJECT |
Normandy (France) -- History, Military -- Encyclopedias
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| Subject |
France -- Normandy
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tucker, Spencer, 1937- editor.
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| LC no. |
2017019312 |
| ISBN |
9781440849756 |
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1440849757 |
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