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1 online resource (1 audio file (37hr., 20 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Derek Perkins. |
| Summary |
Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called the "standard history of this climactic confrontation in the West." Sand and Steel gives us D-Day, arguably the greatest and most consequential military operation of modern times, beginning with the years of painstaking and costly preparation, through to the pitched battles fought along France's northern coast, from Omaha Beach to the Falaise and the push east to Strasbourg. The Allied invasion of Europe involved mind-boggling logistics, including orchestrating the largest flotilla of ships ever assembled. Its strategic and psychological demands stretched the Allies to their limits, testing the strengths of the bonds of Anglo-American leadership. Drawing on first-hand battlefield research, personal testimony and interviews, and a commanding grasp of all the archives and literature, Caddick-Adams's gripping book, published on the 75th anniversary of the events, does Operations Overlord and Neptune full justice. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France.
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Operation Overlord.
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Normandy (France) -- History, Military.
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| Added Author |
Perkins, Derek.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
D-Day invasion and the liberation of France |
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Sand and steel |
| ISBN |
9781705213216 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1705213219 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12832897 |
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