| Ten Days to D-Day - Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion
(2004)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
War and society; World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects |
| Publication Date |
5/4/2004 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.3
x
5.8
mm)
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| Publisher |
Little Brown & Company |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Description |
| Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets-thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most remarkable moments. David Stafford has written a riveting account of ten of those ordinary men and women-including an American paratrooper, a German soldier, a nineteen-year-old English woman working on secret codes, a Parisian Jew in hiding, and a daring French resistance cell-as they lived through ten very extraordinary days. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Stafford gives readers a fresh point of entry into one of the most significant battles ever fought. Ten Days to D-Day buzzes with the pace of a novel, as Stafford moves from country to country, from character to character, including some of D-Day's leaders: Hitler, Rommel, Eisenhower, and Churchill. Stafford compellingly brings to life the final days before the invasion through the eyes of its participants, the citizens and soldiers that made history on June 6, 1944. |
| Personal Details |
| Rating |
0 |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
D756.5.N6S66 2004 |
| Dewey |
940.54/2142 |
| ISBN |
0316605611 |
| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Cover Price |
$26.95 |
| No. of Pages |
400 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
| Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2003. |
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