Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / / Craig L. Symonds
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| Autore: |
Symonds Craig L.
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| Titolo: |
Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / / Craig L. Symonds
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.54/21421 |
| Soggetto topico: | Operation Neptune |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations | |
| Military planning - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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: “WE�VE GOT TO GO TO EUROPE AND FIGHT�""; ""CHAPTER 4: THE MEDITERRANEAN TAR BABY""; ""CHAPTER 5: CASABLANCA TO COSSAC""; ""CHAPTER 6: BRITS AND YANKS""; ""CHAPTER 7: “SOME GOD-DAMMED THINGS CALLED LSTS�""; ""CHAPTER 8: SHAEF AND ANCXF""; ""CHAPTER 9: DUCK, FOX, BEAVER, TIGER""; ""CHAPTER 10: “A HUM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY�"" |
| ""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 SHAMBLES�""; ""CHAPTER 15: “A FIELD OF RUINS�""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 1: Germany First""; ""Chapter 2: Arcadia""; ""Chapter 3: “We�ve Got to Go to Europe and Fight�""; ""Chapter 4: The Mediterranean Tar Baby""; ""Chapter 5: Casablanca to COSSAC""; ""Chapter 6: Brits and Yanks""; ""Chapter 7: “Some God-Dammed Things Called LSTs�""; ""Chapter 8: SHAEF and ANCXF"" | |
| ""Chapter 9: Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger""""Chapter 10: “A Hum Throughout the Country�""; ""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 Shambles�""; ""Chapter 15: “A Field of Ruins�""; ""Epilogue""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Bibliographical Note""; ""Manuscript Sources""; ""Oral Histories""; ""Printed Primary Sources""; ""Books""; ""Unpublished Sources""; ""INDEX"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 la |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Neptune |
| ISBN: | 0-19-998613-4 |
| 0-19-998612-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458315903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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