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1) Allies
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
Author
Language
English
Description
Charles Vincent seems to have it all a beautiful wife, two successful children, and a well-paying career. Yet happiness remains out of reach. He is trapped in a loveless marriage and his job is simply a paycheck. But his life changes forever one night as he drives along the Normandy coast, heading to their lavish chaateau for the weekend. In one terrifying moment, Charles falls asleep at the wheel and veers off the road, plunging thirty feet down...
Author
Series
Landmark books volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1981] c1956
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the battle on the coast of Normandy in June, 1944, which was the turning point of World War II.
Series
Weapons of war volume 19
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The D-Day landings at Normandy, France, was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Follow the Allied campaign from the first bloody landings on the beaches, to the pursuit of the defending German forces through Normandy. Learn how soldiers fought through unforgiving terrain, in a series of tank battles and rapid infantry offensives that opened the way to liberation.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
After D-Day, one man was chosen to complete the mission to liberate France. That man was the flamboyant, outspoken George . Patton. Why was he instrumental to the success of this critical mission and how did he almost lose his position? Follow Operation Cobra, from Normandy to the liberation of Paris. Bonus : The best kept secret : D-Day -- Experience the brilliant deception that fooled Hitler into thinkin the D-Day invasion would occur over 150 miles...
10) D-Day
Author
Publisher
Watts
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Description
Traces the events of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of German-occupied France from the beaches of Normandy, which took place on June 6, 1944.
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The story of the Special Forces in World War II has never fully been told before. Information about them began to be declassified only in the 1980s.
Known as the Jedburghs, these Special Forces were selected from members of the British, American, and Free French armies to be dropped in teams of three deep behind German lines. There, in preparation for D-Day, they carried out what we now know as unconventional warfare: supporting the French Resistance...
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Language
English
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Description
The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in defense of liberty and freedom. On D-Day, when transport planes dropped paratroopers from the 82nd...
Author
Pub. Date
s201
Language
English
Description
Operation 'Overlord', the code-name given to the Allied invasion of Germany occupied Western Europe in 1944, was arguably the most challenging, complicated and risky military operation in history. It began on 6 June with Operation 'Neptune', the largest seaborne invasion ever seen, when 150,000 troops crossed the Channel and attempted to land on the beaches at Normandy. This assault would lay the foundation for the Allied victory on the Western Front,...
Author
Series
I survived volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Paul's French village has been under Nazi control for years. His Jewish best friend has disappeared. Food is scarce. And there doesn't seem to be anything Paul can do to make things better. Then Paul finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home. The soldier says the Allies have a plan to crush the Nazis once and for all. But the soldier needs Paul's help. This is Paul's chance to make a difference. Soon he finds himself in...
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