D-Day

Glorious, horrifying...D-Day is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women -Time Antony Beevor-the man who single-handedly transgormed the reputation of military history (The Guardian)-presents the first major account of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris in more than twenty years. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French civilians caught up in the fighting. Beevor draws upon research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews to produce the consummate account of the invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to Pariss liberation. D-Day List of Illustrations and Maps Glossary 1. The Decision 2. Bearing the Cross of Lorraine 3. Watch on the Channel 4. Sealing off the Invasion Area 5. The Airborne Assault 6. The Armada Crosses 7. Omaha 8. Utah and the Airborne 9. Gold and Juno 10. Sword 11. Securing the Beachheads 12. Failure at Caen 13. Villers-Bocage 14. The Americans on the Cotentin Peninsula 15. Operation Epsom 16. The Battle of the Bocage 17. Caen and the Hill of Calvary 18. The Final Battle for Saint-Lô 19. Operation Goodwood 20. The Plot Against Hitler 21. Operation Cobra - Breakthrough 22. Operation Cobra - Breakout 23. Brittany and Operation Bluecoat 24. The Mortain Counter-attack 25. Operation Totalize 26. The Hammer and Anvil 27. The Killing Ground of the Falaise Pocket 28. The Paris Uprising and the Race for the Seine 29. The Liberation of Paris 30. Aftermath Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index document.writeln( document.writeln(