It was the most ambitious military operation in history - the invasion of Nazi-occupied France by sea. A fleet larger than any ever seen before was assembled and launched under conditions of utmost secrecy to catch the defenders of Adolf Hitler's formidable Atlantic Wall by surprise. At H-Hour on D-Day, British, American and Canadian soldiers landed on beaches whose codenames have since become a byword for heroism - Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah. Men waded ashore into a hail of machine gun fire and fought their way through a tangle of concrete bunkers and armoured emplacements. More ferocious combat followed as fanatical Waffen-SS divisions armed with terrifying new weapons such as the King Tiger tank battled to the death to contain the Allied advance. D-Day: Operation Overlord and the Battle for Normandy tells the story of the most important battle of the Second World War and remembers the men whose extraordinary courage and sacrifice brought about the liberation of Europe and put an end to Hitler's tyranny.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mortons Media Group
ISBN-13
9781909128392
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16046597492
Product Key Features
Author
Dan Sharpe
Publication Name
D-Day-Operation Overlord and the Battle for Normandy
Format
Book
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
132 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
297mm
Item Width
210mm
Item Weight
465g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dan Sharpe
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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