Summary: An unflinching documentary that tells the story of the historic battle through the dramatic recollections of those caught up in the action. The series gives a 360-degree view of the invasion, from a British sailor who laid underwater charges that would blow up German defenses, to Canadians, Americans, French resistance fighters, and German defenders. Moving interviews are combined with newly...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2004

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DDA

Hesketh, Roger Fleetwood

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 HES

Beevor, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5421 BEE

Macintyre, Ben

Summary: The story of D-Day has been told from the point of view of the soldiers, the tacticians, and the generals who led it. But this epic event has never before been told from the perspectives of the key individuals in the Double Cross system. These include its director, a colorful assortment of MI5 handlers, and the five spies who formed Double Cross's nucleus: a Serbian playboy, a Polish fighter...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012

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Turner, John Frayn

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Airlife 2002

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Hastings, Max.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1984

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Van der Vat, Dan.

Contents: Introduction -- So much was at stake -- The decisive front -- The plan -- A grand deception -- The forerunners -- Pegasus bridge -- Target: Ste-Mère-Englise -- The sea and air assault -- Utah and bloody Omaha -- Sword, Juno and Gold -- The gathering standoff -- The breakout --Finale at Falaise -- The beginning of the end.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2003

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Atkinson, Rick.

Summary: Presents a young reader's adaptation of "The Guns at Last Light," tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 ATK

Macintyre, Ben

Summary: Recounts the story of the six double agents-- Bronx, Brutus, Treasure, Tricycle and Garbo-- who would weave a web of deception so intricate that it ensnared Hitler's army and helped to carry thousands of troops across the Channel in safety on 6 June 1944, D-Day.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MAC

Summary: Recounts the history of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment through its remarkable battles in World War II and the inspiring culmination of its story 60 years later. Men from the 507th dropped into Normandy on D-Day and fought with distinction in several crucial engangements including battles at Le Fiere, Chef Du Pont, and Graignes. In the ensuing year, the 507th fought through bitter cold in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 356 D-Day 2003

Holland, James

Summary: "D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west--the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HOL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War Holland

Dennehy, 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....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.43 NORMANDY DEN

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.542 DDA

Summary: "On June 6, 1944, the greatest military operation in the history of the world succeeded in landing more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Northern France. Before the battle of Normandy was won in late August, these troops endured some of the most costly fighting of World War II. This video looks back sixty years on this awesome military event from the point of view of soldiers,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: FamilyNet 2004

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OVE

Holland, James

Summary: "In the annals of World War II, certain groups of soldiers stand out, and among the most notable were the Sherwood Rangers. Originally a cavalry unit in the last days of horses in combat, whose officers were landed gentry leading men who largely worked for them, they were switched to the "mechanized cavalry" of tanks in 1942. Winning acclaim in the North African campaign, the Sherwood Rangers...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HOL