D-Day : the oral history : the turning point of World War II by the people who were there / Garrett M. Graff.
By: Graff, Garrett M [author.]
Publisher: London : Monoray, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group, 2024Description: xxv, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781800962170 ; 9781800962187Subject(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, French | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, GermanDDC classification: 940.5421421 Summary: "On 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the channel and stormed the Normandy coast, fighting to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. It was the largest combined air and seaborne invasion ever, involving over 150,000 Allied troops on the ground, and its eventual success became a critical turning point in the war, spelling the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. As the events of that day fade from living memory, it’s more important than ever to understand what it felt like to be there and to live through it, on both sides. In this definitive work, Garrett M. Graff, gathers together the memories of over 600 US, Canadian, UK, French and German voices to tell the full story of exactly how that historic day unfolded, in visceral detail – as well as the weeks and months leading up to it. From paratroopers to fighter pilots to nurses, generals, French villagers, German Defenders to Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, this is the most intimate re-telling of D-Day published to date."-- Taken from dust-jacket.
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| 940.5421421 BUC D-Day : the first 72 hours / | 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 : |
"On 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the channel and stormed the Normandy coast, fighting to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. It was the largest combined air and seaborne invasion ever, involving over 150,000 Allied troops on the ground, and its eventual success became a critical turning point in the war, spelling the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. As the events of that day fade from living memory, it’s more important than ever to understand what it felt like to be there and to live through it, on both sides. In this definitive work, Garrett M. Graff, gathers together the memories of over 600 US, Canadian, UK, French and German voices to tell the full story of exactly how that historic day unfolded, in visceral detail – as well as the weeks and months leading up to it. From paratroopers to fighter pilots to nurses, generals, French villagers, German Defenders to Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, this is the most intimate re-telling of D-Day published to date."-- Taken from dust-jacket.