Churchill's D-Day : the inside story
Dannatt, Richard, 1950-2024
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2024 marks both the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy , and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Churchill himself. This book brings together General Lord Dannatt, one of Britain's most respected contemporary military leaders, and former head of the British Army, with Allen Packwood, one of the world's foremost Churchill experts, the archivist responsible for the holdings at the landmark Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge. Together they take us through the decision-making for the planning and execution of D-Day. Reproducing key documents and letters from the Churchill Papers and other collections, this book plunges us back in time and lets us witness events unfolding. It tells the inside story of the conception, planning and execution of the D-Day landings in a unique but authoritative way.
Main title:
Churchill's D-Day : the inside story / Richard Dannatt and Allen Packwood.
Author:
Dannatt, Richard, 1950-, authorPackwood, Allen, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.
Collation:
xi, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781399727839 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.084092941.084
Language:
English
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BRN:
1417650
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