Normandy : the sailors' story : a naval history of D-Day and the battle for France / Nick Hewitt.
By: Hewitt, Nick (Naval historian) [author. ]
Publisher: New Haven and London : Yale University Press, 2024Description: xxvi, 433 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, photographs (black and white), mapsContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300256734 Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations | Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Operation NeptuneDDC classification: 940.5421421 Summary: "The first account of the Normandy campaign to show the Navy's vital - but too often overlooked - contribution to Allied success. On6 June 1944, Operation Neptune began. The D Day landings in Normandy, involving 7,000 ships and nearly 200,000 sailors, formed the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nick Hewitt draws on groundbreaking new material to chart the complex campaign at sea which enabled the Allied assault. Aboard ships ranging from frail plywood landing craft to sleek destroyers, sailors were active combatants in the operation of June 1944, and had worked tirelessly to secure the Seine Bay in the months preceding.They fought battles against German submarines, aircraft, and warships, and maintained careful watch to keep control of the English Channel. But despite this immense effort from the Navy, the wider maritime campaign has been broadly forgotten. Hewitt recounts these sailors’ stories for the first time—and shows how, without their actions, D-Day would have failed."-- Taken from dustjacket.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.5421421 HEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 023596 |
Browsing House of Lords Library - Palace shelves, Shelving location: Dewey Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| No cover image available |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| 940.5421421 CAD Sand & steel : | 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 : |
"The first account of the Normandy campaign to show the Navy's vital - but too often overlooked - contribution to Allied success. On6 June 1944, Operation Neptune began. The D Day landings in Normandy, involving 7,000 ships and nearly 200,000 sailors, formed the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nick Hewitt draws on groundbreaking new material to chart the complex campaign at sea which enabled the Allied assault. Aboard ships ranging from frail plywood landing craft to sleek destroyers, sailors were active combatants in the operation of June 1944, and had worked tirelessly to secure the Seine Bay in the months preceding.They fought battles against German submarines, aircraft, and warships, and maintained careful watch to keep control of the English Channel. But despite this immense effort from the Navy, the wider maritime campaign has been broadly forgotten. Hewitt recounts these sailors’ stories for the first time—and shows how, without their actions, D-Day would have failed."-- Taken from dustjacket.