D-Day : the battle for Normandy / Antony Beevor
2009, First Edition. London ; New York : Viking. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396417
ISBN: 067088703X
Physical description: xv, 591 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-574) and index. Contents: The decision -- Bearing the cross of Lorraine -- Watch on the channel -- Stealing off the invasion area -- The airborne assault -- The armada crosses -- omaha -- Utah and the airborne -- Gold and Juno -- Sword -- Securing the beacheads -- Failure at Caen -- Villers-Bocage -- The Americans on the Cotentin Peninsula -- Operation Epsom -- The battle of the Bocage -- Caen and the Hill of Calvary -- The final battle for Saint-Lô -- Operation Goodwood -- The plot against Hilter -- Operation Cobra -- Breakthrough -- Operation Cobra -- Breakout -- Brittany and operation Bluecoat -- The Mortain counter-attack -- Operation Totalize -- The hammer and anvil -- The killing ground of the Falaise Pocket -- The Paris uprising and the race for the Seine -- The Liberation of Paris -- Aftermath. Subjects: Beevor, Antony b. 1946 military historian; World War (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy; Military campaigns; Operation Overlord; Normandy (France) History, Military 20th century.
Price: €18.00