Forgotten voices of D-Day /
"6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[London] :
Ebury,
2009
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| Summary: | "6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted. Their success marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices of D-Day tells the compelling story of this turning point in the Second World War in the words of the British troop who were there. We hear from paratroopers and commandos, glider pilots and landing craft crewmen, airmen and naval personnel. We learn first-hand of what it was like as men waited to go in, as they neared the beaches and drop zones, and as they landed and met the enemy. Accounts range from memories of the daring capture of Pegasus Bridge by British glider-borne troops to recollections of brutal fighting as the assault forces stormed the beaches."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "In association with The Imperial War Museum." |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 401 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0091930111 (hbk.) 9780091930110 (hbk.) |