Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France

Sand & Steel: The D-Day Invasions and the Liberation of France – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190601898,0190601892,9780190601911, 0190601914

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• ISBN -10: 0190601914
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780190601911
• Author: Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams’s account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called the “standard history of this climactic confrontation in the West.” Sand and Steel gives us D-Day, arguably the greatest and most consequential military operation of modern times, beginning with the years of painstaking and costly preparation, through to the pitched battles fought along France’s northern coast, from Omaha Beach to the Falaise and the push east to Strasbourg.

In addition to covering the build-up to the invasion, including the elaborate and lavish campaigns to deceive Germans as to where and when the invasion would take place, Caddick-Adams gives a full and detailed account of the German preparations: the formidable Atlantikwall and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s plans to make Europe impregnable-plans not completed by June 6. Sand and Steel reveals precisely what lay in wait for the Allies. But the heart of the book is Caddick-Adams’ narratives of the five beaches where the terrible drama played out–Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword, and the attempt by American, British, and Canadian soldiers to gain a foothold in Europe.

The Allied invasion of Europe involved mind-boggling logistics, including orchestrating the largest flotilla of ships ever assembled. Its strategic and psychological demands stretched the Allies to their limits, testing the strengths of the bonds of Anglo-American leadership. Drawing on first-hand battlefield research, personal testimony and interviews, and a commanding grasp of all the archives and literature, Caddick-Adams’s gripping book, published on the 75th anniversary of the events, does Operations Overlord and Neptune full justice.

Table contents:

Part One: Preparation

1. France and America

2. Atlantikwall

3. Heading Over There

4. The Commandos

5. Warm Hearts

6. A Question of Colour

7. Committees and Code Words

8. Soapsuds and Tidal Waves

9. COSSACs, Spartans and Chiefs

10. Rhinos, Camels and Roundabouts

11. Ducks and Eagles

12. Bigots and Tigers

13. Thunderclaps and Fabius

14. My Headmaster Was a Spy

15. Big Week, Berlin and Nuremberg

16. Fortitude, FUSAG and France

17. The Giants

18. Weathermen

19. The Great Armada

20. Shells, Rockets and Flies

21. Boats and Bugles

Part Two: Invasion

22. Night Flyers

23. Across the Water and Into the Trees

24. Utah: Ivy Division

25. Wet Feet

26. Omaha: Blue and Gray

27. Omaha: Cota Takes Command

28. Rangers, Lead the Way!

29. Omaha: Big Red One

30. Omaha: E-3 – the Colleville Draw

31. Gold: Men of the Double-T

32. Juno: Maple Leaf at War

33. Iron Division at Sword

34. Yeomen of England

35. Green Berets and le Général

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