Normandy : the landings to the liberation of Paris / Olivier Wieviorka ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.

Author: Wieviorka, Olivier, 1960-

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

Descriptionxiv, 446 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Note:"Originally published as Histoire du débarquement en Normandie : des origines à la libération de Paris, 1941-1944, Éditions du Seuil, janvier 2007"--T.p. verso.

Note:Introduction: Return to France -- Allies, not friends -- Preparing for war -- Planning for D-Day -- Logistics, training, rehearsals -- Strategies and stratagems -- The other side of the hill -- D-Day, H-Hour -- To win a battle -- Stalemate -- Psychoneuroses -- From Avranches to Paris -- The Battle of France -- and France's battle -- Liberation and liberated -- Conclusion: Farewell to Crusades?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-428) and index.

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