Neptune : the Allied invasion of Europe and the D-Day landings / / Craig L. Symonds

• Autore: Symonds Craig L.
• 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
• Classificazione: HIS027150HIS027100
• 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: “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""Bibliographical Note""; ""Manuscript Sources""; ""Oral Histories""; ""Printed Primary Sources""; ""Books""; ""Unpublished Sources""; ""INDEX""
• 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.: 9910810546603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II