04317nam 2200661 450 991079090500332120230921024023.00-19-998613-40-19-998612-6(OCoLC)880147640(CKB)2550000001301437(EBL)1657796(SSID)ssj0001222157(PQKBManifestationID)12509081(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001222157(PQKBWorkID)11194411(PQKB)11148325(MiAaPQ)EBC1657796(Au-PeEL)EBL1657796(CaPaEBR)ebr10874750(CaONFJC)MIL610164(EXLCZ)99255000000130143720140605h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNeptune the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings /Craig L. SymondsNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (441 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-998611-8 1-306-78913-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""NEPTUNE: THE ALLIED INVASION OF EUROPE AND THE D-DAY LANDINGS""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""MAPS, CHARTS, A N D TABLES""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""NEPTUNE""; ""CHAPTER 1: GERMANY FIRST""; ""CHAPTER 2: ARCADIA""; ""CHAPTER 3: “WEâ€?VE GOT TO GO TO EUROPE AND FIGHTâ€?""; ""CHAPTER 4: THE MEDITERRANEAN TAR BABY""; ""CHAPTER 5: CASABLANCA TO COSSAC""; ""CHAPTER 6: BRITS AND YANKS""; ""CHAPTER 7: “SOME GOD-DAMMED THINGS CALLED LSTSâ€?""; ""CHAPTER 8: SHAEF AND ANCXF""; ""CHAPTER 9: DUCK, FOX, BEAVER, TIGER""; ""CHAPTER 10: “A HUM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYâ€?""""CHAPTER 11: D-DAY: THE INVASION""""CHAPTER 12: D-DAY: THE BEACHES""; ""CHAPTER 13: D-DAY: THE CRISIS""; ""CHAPTER 14: “THE SHORELINE WAS JUST A SHAMBLESâ€?""; ""CHAPTER 15: “A FIELD OF RUINSâ€?""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 1: Germany First""; ""Chapter 2: Arcadia""; ""Chapter 3: “Weâ€?ve Got to Go to Europe and Fightâ€?""; ""Chapter 4: The Mediterranean Tar Baby""; ""Chapter 5: Casablanca to COSSAC""; ""Chapter 6: Brits and Yanks""; ""Chapter 7: “Some God-Dammed Things Called LSTsâ€?""; ""Chapter 8: SHAEF and ANCXF""""Chapter 9: Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger""""Chapter 10: “A Hum Throughout the Countryâ€?""; ""Chapter 11: D-Day: The Invasion""; ""Chapter 12: D-Day: The Beaches""; ""Chapter 13: D-Day: The Crisis""; ""Chapter 14: “The Shoreline Was Just a Shamblesâ€?""; ""Chapter 15: “A Field of Ruinsâ€?""; ""Epilogue""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Bibliographical Note""; ""Manuscript Sources""; ""Oral Histories""; ""Printed Primary Sources""; ""Books""; ""Unpublished Sources""; ""INDEX""Seventy years ago, more than six thousand Allied ships carried more than a million soldiers across the English Channel to a fifty-mile-wide strip of the Normandy coast in German-occupied France. It was the greatest sea-borne assault in human history. The code names given to the beaches where the ships landed the soldiers have become immortal: Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah, and especially Omaha, the scene of almost unimaginable human tragedy. The sea of crosses in the cemetery sitting today atop a bluff overlooking the beaches recalls to us its cost. Most accounts of this epic story begin with the laOperation NeptuneWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsFranceNormandyWorld War, 1939-1945Naval operationsMilitary planningHistory20th centuryOperation Neptune.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945Naval operations.Military planningHistory940.54/21421HIS027150HIS027100bisacshSymonds Craig L.516874MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790905003321Neptune3790598UNINA