D-day: Operation Overlord : from the Landing at Normandy to the Liberation of Paris

D-day: Operation Overlord : from the Landing at Normandy to the Liberation of Paris
ISBN-10
083172188X
ISBN-13
9780831721886
Series
D-Day
Category
History (General)
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
SMITHMARK
Authors
Bernard C. Nalty, Tony Hall

Description

"Describes in detail the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and puts them in the wider context of Operation Overlord: the Allied assault on Hitler's Europe. Eight authors from three different countries describe in eleven chapters the planning, buildup and execution of the D-Day attack."--Jacket.

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