D-Day : the soldiers' story / Giles Milton.
Publisher: London : John Murray, 2018Description: xiv, 486 pages : illustrations (black and white), mapsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473649019 ; 9781473649026; 9781473649033Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, FrenchDDC classification: 940.5421421Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.5421421 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016656 |
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940.5421421 DAN Churchill's D-Day : the inside story / | 940.5421421 GRA D-Day : the oral history : the turning point of World War II by the people who were there / | 940.5421421 HEW Normandy : the sailors' story : a naval history of D-Day and the battle for France / | 940.5421421 MIL D-Day : | 940.5421421 SAD D-Day : | 940.5421428 GAR The evacuation from Dunkirk : | 940.5421428 SEB Dunkirk : |
Prologue -- Part I. Know thy enemy -- Behind enemy lines -- Atlantic wall -- The weather report -- Codebreaking -- Part II. Midnight -- The midnight hour -- At German headquarters -- Landing by moonlight -- Part III. The night -- Sainte-Mère-Église -- Night assault -- First light -- Part IV. Dawn -- On Utah beach -- In coastal waters -- Omaha -- Easy red -- Part V. Foothold -- Gold -- Juno -- Cliff-top guns -- The mad bastard -- Part VI. Towards noon -- Deadlock on Omaha -- Cracks in the wall -- Race to the bridge -- Part VII. Afternoon -- The bombing of Caen -- Counter-attack -- Victory at Omaha -- Part VIII. Win or lose -- Frontier fighting -- Panzer attack -- Twilight --Night -- Afterword.