Author

Contributions

  • Zaloga, Steve. - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Osprey, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCD756.5.N6
  • DDC940.5421421
  • LCCD756.5.N6 F6942 2009

Description

Operation Overlord was the largest amphibious military operation ever launched. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was assembled to transport the Allied invasion force of over 150,000 soldiers across the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler's Third Reich. Just after dawn on June 6, 1944, the Allied troops assaulted the Normandy beaches, against stiff German resistance. Coordinated with the amphibious landings were the airborne and glider landings, carrying out their crucial orders to take key areas, enable the vital link up between the beaches and secure the bridgehead. - Jacket flap.

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Other Editions

  • Overlord: the D-Day landingsHardcoverOsprey2009-01-01

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