Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The World War II D-Day invasion in American history The World War II D-Day invasion in American history R. Conrad Stein Discusses the events surrounding the D-Day invasion of Europe by Allied Forces on June 6, 1944. OL15036541W
World War II infantrymen World War II infantrymen Steven Otfinoski "Describes the role infantryman played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher. OL16727084W
The Dead and Those About to Die The Dead and Those About to Die John C. McManus This book is a white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division's harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach. Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa … OL17343923W
Eye-witness D-day Eye-witness D-day Jon E. Lewis Lewis fills this volume with a rich selection of participants' dairy selections, published memoirs, interviews, and contemporary articles from reporters on the ground to paint a stark and frequently … OL17884332W
D-Day D-Day Rick Atkinson Presents a young reader's adaptation of "The Guns at Last Light," tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II. Adapted for young read… OL19980263W
Forgotten Forgotten Linda Hervieux In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a unit of African-American soldiers, landed on the beaches of France. Their orders were to man a curtain of armed balloons mea… OL20016137W
D-Day D-Day Charlie Samuels This is a detailed account of the planning and execution of history's greatest amphibious invasion. OL22329420W
Normandy Normandy Olivier Wieviorka The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed legendary status in the annals of World War II. But in overly romanticizing D-day, Olivier Wieviorka argues, we have lost si… OL2440875W
The Battle of Normandy, 1944 The Battle of Normandy, 1944 Robin Neillands What happened to the Allied armies in Normandy in the months after D-Day? Why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland? How did the Germans, deprived of … OL2527247W
The First Men In The First Men In Ed Ruggero Of the nearly 15,000 Allied paratroopers dropped into France on D–14 (two weeks before D–Day), only one regiment––the 3,000 men of the 505 Parachute Infantry––had … OL2692799W
The Bedford Boys The Bedford Boys Alex Kershaw On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were pa… OL2726858W
The D-Day experience The D-Day experience Richard Holmes,Imperial War Museum D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, and helped seal the fate of The Third Reich. This is a gra… OL3125800W
Pegasus Bridge Pegasus Bridge Stephen E. Ambrose In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the… OL478571W
June 6, 1944 June 6, 1944 Gerald Astor In ships and planes, they crossed the English Channel.On the other side Hitler's army waited.And the longest day was about to begin....In the spring of 1944, 120,000 Allied soldiers crossed the Engli… OL480850W
Clash of arms Clash of arms R. Hart "Clash of Arms examines how the Western Allies learned - on the battlefield - to defeat the Nazi war machine.". "Beginning with an investigation of the interwar neglect that left the Allied militari… OL6037059W