D-Day in Numbers by Jacob F Field
D-Day in Numbers follows the course of the war in Europe from 1939 through to the D-Day landings and their aftermath, taking in the most poignant events and looking at each through the numbers involved. Each number signifies an important moment within a larger story as they are explained in the context of the surrounding events.
Describes the largest seaborne invasion of all time, from the mammoth preparations to the aftermath of the battle Military History Monthly Most interesting Britain at War Amazing reading The Weekly News D-Day as we've never before viewed it.. a fascinating insight Lancashire Evening Post D-Day as we've never before viewed it... a succession of staggering figures underlining not just the scale of the operation, but the human sacrifice involved Lancaster Guardian One for the trivia fan Best of British Covering the mammoth preparations of the landings, their awesome scale and the aftermath of the battle for Normandy... packed with stats and curious stories History Revealed
Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles. He is the author of One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History, and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782432050 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782432051 |
| Title | D-Day in Numbers |
| Author | Jacob F Field |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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