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The Resource Overlord : D-Day and the battle for Normandy, Max Hastings

Overlord : D-Day and the battle for Normandy, Max Hastings

Label
Overlord : D-Day and the battle for Normandy
Title
Overlord
Title remainder
D-Day and the battle for Normandy
Statement of responsibility
Max Hastings
Title variation
D-Day and the battle for Normandy
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Describes the military effort by which the Allies regained the continent of Europe in World War II
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hastings, Max
Dewey number
940.54/21
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
D756.5.N6
LC item number
H35 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
abstracts summaries
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Operation Overlord
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Normandy (France)
Label
Overlord : D-Day and the battle for Normandy, Max Hastings
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-353) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" -- Preparations: commanders; airmen; invaders; defenders -- To the far shore: the overture; the American beaches; the British beaches; Inland -- The British before Caen: closing the lines; Villers-Bocage; EPSOM -- The Americans before Cherbourg: the bocage; the battle for Cherbourg -- The German army: stemming the tide: Soldiers; weapons -- The battlefield: from the beachhead to the front; casualties -- Crisis of confidence: the fall of Caen; GOODWOOD -- The breakout: COBRA; the limits of air power -- The open flank -- The road to Falaise -- The gap -- Appendices: Glossary ; Chronology of the Normandy Campaign ; Allied Order of Battle ; German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy
Control code
on1056731385
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
Simon and Schuster trade paperback edition May 2019.
Extent
368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780671460297
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1056731385
Label
Overlord : D-Day and the battle for Normandy, Max Hastings
Publication
Copyright
Note
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-353) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" -- Preparations: commanders; airmen; invaders; defenders -- To the far shore: the overture; the American beaches; the British beaches; Inland -- The British before Caen: closing the lines; Villers-Bocage; EPSOM -- The Americans before Cherbourg: the bocage; the battle for Cherbourg -- The German army: stemming the tide: Soldiers; weapons -- The battlefield: from the beachhead to the front; casualties -- Crisis of confidence: the fall of Caen; GOODWOOD -- The breakout: COBRA; the limits of air power -- The open flank -- The road to Falaise -- The gap -- Appendices: Glossary ; Chronology of the Normandy Campaign ; Allied Order of Battle ; German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy
Control code
on1056731385
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
Simon and Schuster trade paperback edition May 2019.
Extent
368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780671460297
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1056731385

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