Overlord: D-Day and the battle for Normandy

Describes the military effort by which the Allies regained the continent of Europe in World War II.

  • OCLC #: 10301966
  • ISBN #:
    • 0671460293
    • 9780671460297
    • 0671554352
    • 9780671554354
  • Call #: D756.5.N6H35 1984
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — D756.5.N6 H35 1984
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1984.
  • Physical Description: 368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Maps on lining papers.
    • Includes index.
  • Contents:
    • "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted"
    • Preparations: commanders; airmen; invaders; defenders
    • To the far shore: the overture; the American beaches; the British beaches; Inland
    • The British before Caen: closing the lines; Villers-Bocage; EPSOM
    • The Americans before Cherbourg: the bocage; the battle for Cherbourg
    • The German army: stemming the tide: Soldiers; weapons
    • The battlefield: from the beachhead to the front; casualties
    • Crisis of confidence: the fall of Caen; GOODWOOD
    • The breakout: COBRA; the limits of air power
    • The open flank
    • The road to Falaise
    • The gap
    • Appendices: Glossary ; Chronology of the Normandy Campaign ; Allied Order of Battle ; German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy.