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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100448484072
ISBN-139780448484075
eBay Product ID (ePID)201566071
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat Was D-Day?
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicHistory / Europe, History / Military & Wars, People & Places / Europe, History / United States / 20th Century
IllustratorKenyon, David Grayson, Yes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorPatricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ
Book SeriesWhat Was? Ser.
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.4 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromThird Grade
Dewey Decimal940.542142
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisIn the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere.D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time., In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time.