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The longest day: June 6, 1944 / Cornelius Ryan

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Classic Epic of D-DayPublication details: New York: Touchstone, 1994Description: 350 pages: illustrations; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0671890913 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: Originally published in 1959. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly re-creates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.
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Book Defence Academy Library On-Shelf 940.542142 RYA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available AUS-DON 4396-2001
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Originally published in 1959.
The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly re-creates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

SECOND WORLD WAR, D-DAY, NORMANDY INVASION

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