The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians explore history's greatest amphibious assault (Special Editions (Military))
by 13 world-leading Historians
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1841767794
- ISBN 13
- 9781841767796
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Osprey Publishing. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 4to 18.8 x 3 x 25.7 cm 1841767794 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Numerous photographs. 288 pages clean and tight. Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, 'The D-Day Companion' book brings together the perspectives and opinions of leading military historians from both sides of the Atlantic. Operation Overlord saw the Allied Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery pit their wits against Hitler in a bold bid to liberate continental Europe. Featuring a foreword by Major Richard Winters, real-life commander of Easy Company as featured in Stephen E Ambrose's 'Band of Brothers', this is a unique and incisive examination of the momentous events that surrounded June 6, 1944. Each chapter of this new book focuses on a different aspect of the D-Day landings, from the build-up to the attack to the experiences of the troops on the ground. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143405
- Title
- The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians explore history's greatest amphibious assault (Special Editions (Military))
- Author
- 13 world-leading Historians
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1841767794
- ISBN 13
- 9781841767796
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2004
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