Six armies in Normandy
Subtitle: from D-Day to the liberation of Paris
By: John Keegan.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.; Normandy (France) -- History.; Europe -- History -- 1918-1945.
Description: "The armies of six nations met on the battlefields of Normandy in what was to be the greatest Allied achievement of World War II. With dramatic, driving power, John Keegan describes the massed armies--American, Canadian, English, German, Polish, and French--at successive stages of the invasion. As he details the strategies of the military engagements, Keegan brilliantly shows how each of the armies reflected its own nation's values and traditions. And in a new introduction written especially to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day, he contemplates the ways the events in Normandy still reverberate today"--Cover page 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and indexes.
New ed., with a new introd. written by the author to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day.