D-Day - Beevor, A
The Battle for Normandy
KORTE INHOUD
Even Stalin was awed by D-Day. 'In the whole history of war,' he wrote to Churchill, 'there has never been such an undertaking.' Those who took part in the great cross-Channel invasion, whether soldier, sailor or airman, would never forget the sight. It was by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. Nor, of course, would the German defenders alerted at the last moment on the Normandy coasts. The very scale of the undertaking and its meticulous planning were unprecedented, but although the beachheads were established as planned, it soon became clear that the next stage of the battle would be far more difficult than anyone had imagined. The thick hedgerows of Normandy were ideal for the defender, and the Germans, especially the Waffen-SS divisions, fought with cunning and a desperate ferocity. As they made their way inland, the British, Canadian and American forces became involved in battles whose savagery was often comparable to the Eastern Front. Casualties began to mount and so did the tension between the...
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Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo. [Auteur: Beevor, Antony] [Pagina's: 591] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: London : Viking/Penguin Books] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: D-Day: the Battle for Normandy]
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2009 UK, softcover 591pages, with photosand index. History of the D-Day campaign ISBN 9780670918096 In very good condition
