Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings /

On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day, as it would come to be known, would eventually lead to the liberation of western Europe, and was a critical step in the road to victory in World War II. Yet the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Symonds, Craig L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Operation Neptune. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy. World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations. Military planning > History > 20th century. HISTORY / Military / Naval. HISTORY / Military / World War II.

Table of Contents:

Germany first
Arcadia
"We've got to go to Europe and fight"
The Mediterranean tar baby
Casablanca to COSSAC
Brits and Yanks
"Some God-dammed things called LSTs"
SHAEF and ANCXF
Duck, fox, beaver, tiger
"A hum throughout the country"
D-Day : the invasion
D-Day : the beaches
D-Day : the crisis
"The shoreline was just a shambles"
"A field of ruins."