D-Day and the battle for NormandyHastings, Max.creatorauthor.textbibliographyHistory.nyuNew YorkSimon and Schuster�19841984monographiceng

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368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmDescribes the military effort by which the Allies regained the continent of Europe in World War II."Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" -- Preparations: commanders; airmen; invaders; defenders -- To the far shore: the overture; the American beaches; the British beaches; Inland -- The British before Caen: closing the lines; Villers-Bocage; EPSOM -- The Americans before Cherbourg: the bocage; the battle for Cherbourg -- The German army: stemming the tide: Soldiers; weapons -- The battlefield: from the beachhead to the front; casualties -- Crisis of confidence: the fall of Caen; GOODWOOD -- The breakout: COBRA; the limits of air power -- The open flank -- The road to Falaise -- The gap -- Appendices: Glossary ; Chronology of the Normandy Campaign ; Allied Order of Battle ; German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy.Max Hastings.Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-353) and index.e-fr--- fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast Operation OverlordWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsFranceNormandyNormandy (France)HistoryD756.5.N6 H27Hastings, Max.New York : Simon and Schuster, �1984(OCoLC)56037008606714602939780671460297067155435297806715543548302043983122820241210114102.0ocm10301966 eng