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Normandy : the sailors' story : a naval history of D-Day and the battle for France
Hewitt, Nick (Naval historian)2025
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The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe is one of the most widely recognised events of modern history. The assault phase, Operation Neptune, began with the D-Day landings in Normandy - one of the most complex amphibious operations in history, involving 7000 ships and nearly 200,000 men. But despite this immense effort, the wider naval campaign has been broadly forgotten. Nick Hewitt draws on fascinating new material to describe the violent sea battle which mirrored the fighting on land, and the complex campaign at sea which enabled the Allied assault. Aboard ships ranging from frail plywood landing craft to sleek destroyers, sailors were active combatants in the operation of June 1944, and had worked tirelessly to secure the Seine Bay in the months preceding it. Hewitt recounts these sailors' stories and shows how, without their efforts, D-Day would have failed.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.
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464 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 20 cm
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Specialized.
ISBN:
9780300281095 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5421421
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English
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BRN:
3049579