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The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 11 by Samuel Eliot Morison (Paperback, 2011)

* The eleventh volume in Samuel Eliot Morison's classic History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II recounts the U.S. Navy's role in the invasion of Normandy, the largest and most complicated military operation ever undertaken Combining meticulous detail with a forceful account of the action, Morison describes the landings themselves as well as the dirty work in the dark that preceded them: deceptions, diversions, commando raids, parachute drops, mine sweepings, air bombing, and naval bombardment. As he shows, the fire curtain provided by the powerful guns of the navy proved to be one of the most valuable trump cards of the Anglo-United States invasion armies. Morison covers the vital capture of Cherbourg as an invasion port and the diversionary landings in southern France that, together with Overlord, comprised the two main operations in the invasion of Europe in which the U.S. Navy played a leading part. At every stage, the fate of thousands of men depended not only on their own raw courage and resourcefulness but on quirks of timing and sheer luck. Morison offers a magnificent chronicle of these heroic days that definitively turned the tide of the war in Europe.

Book Title
The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 11
Author
Samuel Eliot Morison
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Government, History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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