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Summary: "The WWII invasion of Allied troops into German-occupied Europe, known as D-Day, was the largest military endeavor in history. By the time it occurred on June 6, 1944, Hitler and the Axis powers had a chokehold grip on the European continent, which the Allies called "Fortress Europe." Behind enemy lines, Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people and the oppression...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2018
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Summary: "Jean Guéhenno's Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1945 is the most oft-quoted piece of testimony on life in occupied France. A sharply observed record of day-to-day life under Nazi rule in Paris and a bitter commentary on literary life in those years, it has also been called "a remarkable essay on courage and cowardice" (Caroline Moorehead, Wall Street Journal). Here, David Ball provides not only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 GUENapoleon
Summary: Creating the fighting force -- Preparations for war -- A military education -- The combat arms -- Generalship and the art of command --Army organization -- Strategy -- Fortification -- The army in the field -- The operational art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 NAPKershaw, Alex.
Summary: Brings to life the true story of an American doctor and his family in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II. Exclusive Avenue Foch was Paris's hotbed of spies, secret police, informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when the couple at number 11--American physician Sumner Jackson and his Swiss-born wife Toquette--joined the French resistance, they knew the stakes were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 KERZamoyski, Adam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 ZAMHaythornthwaite, Philip J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 HaythDennehy, Kevin
Summary: "For families of the heroes who fought on the beaches of Normandy during World War II, for fans of Saving Private Ryan, or for traveler interested in history, here is the complete guide to visiting one of the world's most historic battlefields. The D-Day Visitor's Handbook includes everything you need to know to plan and make your visit to the site of the biggest seaborne invasion in history....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.43 NORMANDY DENReiss, Tom.
Summary: Traces the story of the mixed-race swordsman and father of novelist Alexandre Dumas, discussing his rise to the French aristocracy, his military triumphs ,and the adventures that inspired such classics as "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Trade 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUMAS, THOMAS ALEXANDRE REIAmbrose, Stephen E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 AMBDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D-Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKETHamilton, John
Summary: Chronicles the Allied efforts to invade Europe through Normandy during World War II, covering the lead-up to the invasion, the invasion itself, and the results of the battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 HESDelderfield, R. F. (Ronald Frederick)
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DELLoftis, Larry
Summary: The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father's footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and one plane crash later, she finally lands in occupied France to begin her mission. As they successfully complete mission after mission, Peter and Odette fall in love. All the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ODETTE LOFAmbrose, Stephen E.
Summary: Stephen E. Ambrose draws from hundreds of interviews with US Army veterans and the brave Allied soldiers who fought alongside them to create this exceptional account of the day that shaped the twentieth century. D-Day is above all the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their existence, when the horrors, complexities and triumphs of life are laid bare and courage and heroism come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. K. Hall 1998
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.54 AMBMilton, Giles
Summary: A chronicle of the first twenty-four hours of the D-Day invasion shares the perspectives of a diverse range of Allied, German, and French contributors to explore the conflict's strategic mastery and human realities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars MiltonBeevor, Antony
Summary: From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5421 BEEBurgett, Donald R. (Donald Robert)
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5421 BURGEKershaw, Robert J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.27 BARHarris, Robert
Summary: Paris, winter 1895. Georges Picquart is the ambitious, intellectual, recently promoted head of the counterespionage agency that helped convict Dreyfus of treason.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARGallup, Andrew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heritage Press 1992
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 971.01 GALLance, Rachel
Summary: "This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024