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D-Day by Those Who Were There

Door Peter Liddle

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#377531-VC51
Titel
D-Day by Those Who Were There
Auteur
Liddle, Peter
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley : Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
1844150798
ISBN13
9781844150793
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Drawing upon a new international archive of the Second World War, the support of veterans world-wide and from archives overseas, the author uses previously unpublished letters, diaries, photographs and reminiscences to tell the story of D Day in a way which brings the reader closer to the actual experience. from an aerial, naval and land perspective the events of D Day are captured superbly in wartime contemporary and retrospective documentation. Each of the beaches is fully represented. American, Canadian and British testimony is supported by new, compelling, German material. Appropriately the RAF and Merchant Navy experience appear as do the contemporary and retrospective reactions of women 'in the know' and those whom knew from 'unofficial sources' of the immediate imminence of the assa... (Lees verder)ult. The reader will share in each stage of the day from the experience of paratroops and glider-borne troops to crossing the Channel by sea and at the landings on each beach. The book is profusely illustrated with previously unpublished photographs ad facsimile documentation and provides a treasure-trove of evidence on the 60th anniversary of 6th June 1944
Pagina's
255
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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