Wieviorka, Olivier,
Normandy : the landings to the liberation of Paris Olivier Wieviorka ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - xiv, 446 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Translated from the French. "Originally published as Histoire du debarquement en Normandie : des origines a la liberation de Paris, 1941-1944, Editions du Seuil, janvier 2007"--T.p. verso.
Introduction: Return to France --
Allies, not friends --
Preparing for war --
Planning for D-Day --
Logistics, training, rehearsals --
Strategies and stratagems --
The other side of the hill --
D-Day, H-Hour --
To win a battle --
Stalemate --
Psychoneuroses --
From Avranches to Paris --
The Battle of France --
and France's battle --
Liberation and liberated --
"The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed near-mythic status in the annals of World War II. Now Olivier Wieviorka brings the Normandy campaign back down to earth in a balanced and honest account that narrates the titanic enterprise from the planning stages to the Allied entry into Paris." "In addition to describing the landings with precision and drama, Wieviorka covers the planning and diplomatic background, Allied relationships, German defensive preparations, the morale of the armies, economics and logistics, political and military leaders, and civilians' and soldiers' experience of the fighting."--Jacket.
9780674028388 (alk. paper) 0674028384 (alk. paper)
2007052152
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
940.5421421 Wie 15
Normandy : the landings to the liberation of Paris Olivier Wieviorka ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - xiv, 446 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Translated from the French. "Originally published as Histoire du debarquement en Normandie : des origines a la liberation de Paris, 1941-1944, Editions du Seuil, janvier 2007"--T.p. verso.
Introduction: Return to France --
Allies, not friends --
Preparing for war --
Planning for D-Day --
Logistics, training, rehearsals --
Strategies and stratagems --
The other side of the hill --
D-Day, H-Hour --
To win a battle --
Stalemate --
Psychoneuroses --
From Avranches to Paris --
The Battle of France --
and France's battle --
Liberation and liberated --
"The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed near-mythic status in the annals of World War II. Now Olivier Wieviorka brings the Normandy campaign back down to earth in a balanced and honest account that narrates the titanic enterprise from the planning stages to the Allied entry into Paris." "In addition to describing the landings with precision and drama, Wieviorka covers the planning and diplomatic background, Allied relationships, German defensive preparations, the morale of the armies, economics and logistics, political and military leaders, and civilians' and soldiers' experience of the fighting."--Jacket.
9780674028388 (alk. paper) 0674028384 (alk. paper)
2007052152
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
940.5421421 Wie 15