Craig L Symonds

Operation Neptune

The D-Day Landings and the Allied Invasion of Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

Renowned historian Craig L. Symonds details the incredible naval operation that allowed D-Day to succeed: Operation Neptune. Tracing its history from inception in 1941 to the storming of the beaches in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Neptune is a brilliant account of the largest seaborne assault in human history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 765g
• ISBN-13: 9780199986118
• ISBN-10: 0199986118
• Artikelnr.: 40127874

Autorenporträt

Craig L. Symonds is Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of many books on American naval history, including Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History; The Battle of Midway; and Lincoln and His Admirals, co-winner of the Lincoln Prize in 2009.

Inhaltsangabe

PROLOGUE
1. Germany First
2. ARCADIA
3. "We've Got to Go to Europe and Fight "
4. The Mediterranean Tar Baby
5. Casablanca to COSSAC
6. Brits and Yanks
7. "Some Damn Things Called LST's "
8. SHAEF and ANCXF
9. Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger
10. "O.K. We'll Go "
11. D-Day: The Invasion
12. D-Day: The Beaches
13. D-Day: The Crisis
14. "The Shoreline Was Just a Shambles "
15. "A Field of Ruins "
EPILOGUE