Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day
by Milton, Giles
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- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1250228980
- ISBN 13
- 9781250228987
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About This Item
New York, New York, Usa: Henry Holt & Company, 2019. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ A Ground-Breaking Account Of The First 24 Hours Of The D-Day Invasion Told By A Symphony Of Incredible Accounts Of Unknown And Unheralded Members Of The Allied - And Axis - Forces. An Epic Battle That Involved 156,000 Men, 7,000 Ships And 20,000 Armoured Vehicles, D-Day Was, Above All, A Tale Of Individual Heroics - Of Men Who Were Driven To Keep Fighting Until The German Defences Were Smashed And The Precarious Beachheads Secured. This Authentic Human Story - Allied, German, French - Has Never Fully Been Told. Giles Milton'S Bold New History Narrates The Events Of June 6Th, 1944 Through The Tales Of Survivors From All Sides: The Teenage Allied Conscript, The Crack German Defender, The French Resistance Fighter. From The Military Architects At Supreme Headquarters To The Young Schoolboy In The Wehrmacht'S Bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill Or Die Lays Bare The Absolute Terror Of Those Trapped In The Front Line Of Operation Overlord. It Also Gives Voice To Those Who Have Hitherto Remained Unheard - The French Butcher'S Daughter, The Panzer Commander'S Wife, The Chauffeur To The General Staff. This Vast Canvas Of Human Bravado Reveals "The Longest Day" As Never Before - Less As A Masterpiece Of Strategic Planning Than A Day On Which Thousands Of Scared Young Men Found Themselves Staring Death In The Face. It Is Drawn In Its Entirety From The Raw, Unvarnished Experiences Of Those Who Were There.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008994
- Title
- Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day
- Author
- Milton, Giles
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1250228980
- ISBN 13
- 9781250228987
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, Usa
- Date Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 486
- Keywords
- War Studies, Aviation, World War 1, Pow, Wwi, Vimy, Cultural, Germany, Military, History, France, World War II
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- X weight
- 650 g
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