LEADER 04317nam 2200661 450 001 9910810546603321 005 20230921024023.0 010 $a0-19-998613-4 010 $a0-19-998612-6 035 $a(OCoLC)880147640 035 $a(CKB)2550000001301437 035 $a(EBL)1657796 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001222157 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12509081 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001222157 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11194411 035 $a(PQKB)11148325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1657796 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1657796 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10874750 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL610164 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001301437 100 $a20140605h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNeptune $ethe Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings /$fCraig L. Symonds 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-998611-8 311 $a1-306-78913-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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: a???WEa???VE GOT TO GO TO EUROPE AND FIGHTa???""; ""CHAPTER 4: THE MEDITERRANEAN TAR BABY""; ""CHAPTER 5: CASABLANCA TO COSSAC""; ""CHAPTER 6: BRITS AND YANKS""; ""CHAPTER 7: a???SOME GOD-DAMMED THINGS CALLED LSTSa???""; ""CHAPTER 8: SHAEF AND ANCXF""; ""CHAPTER 9: DUCK, FOX, BEAVER, TIGER""; ""CHAPTER 10: a???A HUM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYa???"" 327 $a""CHAPTER 11: D-DAY: THE INVASION""""CHAPTER 12: D-DAY: THE BEACHES""; ""CHAPTER 13: D-DAY: THE CRISIS""; ""CHAPTER 14: a???THE SHORELINE WAS JUST A SHAMBLESa???""; ""CHAPTER 15: a???A FIELD OF RUINSa???""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 1: Germany First""; ""Chapter 2: Arcadia""; ""Chapter 3: a???Wea???ve Got to Go to Europe and Fighta???""; ""Chapter 4: The Mediterranean Tar Baby""; ""Chapter 5: Casablanca to COSSAC""; ""Chapter 6: Brits and Yanks""; ""Chapter 7: a???Some God-Dammed Things Called LSTsa???""; ""Chapter 8: SHAEF and ANCXF"" 327 $a""Chapter 9: Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger""""Chapter 10: a???A Hum Throughout the Countrya???""; ""Chapter 11: D-Day: The Invasion""; ""Chapter 12: D-Day: The Beaches""; ""Chapter 13: D-Day: The Crisis""; ""Chapter 14: a???The Shoreline Was Just a Shamblesa???""; ""Chapter 15: a???A Field of Ruinsa???""; ""Epilogue""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Bibliographical Note""; ""Manuscript Sources""; ""Oral Histories""; ""Printed Primary Sources""; ""Books""; ""Unpublished Sources""; ""INDEX"" 330 $aSeventy 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 la 606 $aOperation Neptune 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zFrance$zNormandy 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations 606 $aMilitary planning$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aOperation Neptune. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations. 615 0$aMilitary planning$xHistory 676 $a940.54/21421 686 $aHIS027150$aHIS027100$2bisacsh 700 $aSymonds$b Craig L.$0516874 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810546603321 996 $aNeptune$94100131 997 $aUNINA