The silent day: a landmark oral history of D-Day on the home front
by Arthur, Max 1939-.
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BookPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton 2015ISBN: 9781444787528; 1444787527.Classification number: 940.5421 ARTSubject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Personal narratives | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great BritainSubject: On 6th June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled over the country. The majority of those men would never return. This is the story of that extraordinary 24 hours. Using a wealth of first person testimonies, renowned historian Max Arthur recounts a remarkable new oral history of D-Day, beginning with the two years leading up to the silent day which saw the UK transformed by the arrival of thousands of American and Canadian troops.
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| 940.5413 WEA The SS: | 940.542 HAM Hiroshima Nagasaki | 940.5421 Ardennes 1944 : Hitler's last gamble | 940.5421 ART The silent day: a landmark oral history of D-Day on the home front | 940.5421 BAS Voices from D-Day | 940.5421 BEE Arnhem : the battle for the bridges, 1944 / | 940.5421 BIN Barbarossa : and the bloodiest war in history / |
Includes bibliographical references and index
On 6th June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled over the country. The majority of those men would never return. This is the story of that extraordinary 24 hours. Using a wealth of first person testimonies, renowned historian Max Arthur recounts a remarkable new oral history of D-Day, beginning with the two years leading up to the silent day which saw the UK transformed by the arrival of thousands of American and Canadian troops.
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