Milton, Giles,

D-Day : the soldiers' story / Giles Milton. - xiv, 486 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps

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.

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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, French.

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