Firing on fortress Europe
Subtitle: HMS Belfast at D-Day
By: Nick Hewitt
Publisher: Imperial War Museums
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781904897576
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; British Naval operations; Military campaigns; Belfast (Ship)
Description: "As D-Day unfolded on June 6, 1944, one of the ships supporting the invasion was the HMS Belfast, a Royal Navy light cruiser. Now a popular floating museum on the Thames, the Belfast played an important part not just in the events of that day, but in the longer Battle for Normandy. This book uses firsthand accounts from the rich collections of the Imperial War Museums to tell the story of the planning of and build-up to D-Day, the action and danger of that day, and the ship's subsequent history. Packed with testimony from oral histories, diaries, memoirs, and letters, as well as more than two hundred color photographs, it brings the heroism of D-Day vigorously to life."--Amazon website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) and index.