Overlord
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: May 23, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780671554354
Subjects: History of specific subjects; World history: Second World War; Operation Overlord; Military; History - Military / War; World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; History / General; History / Military / World War II; Campaigns; France; Normandy
First sentence: Not the least remarkable aspect of the Second World War was the manner in which the United States, which might have been expected to regard the campaign in Europe as a diversion from the struggle against her principal aggressor, Japan, was persuaded to commit her chief strength in the west.