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Barcode30053003813972
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No940.5421421 HAST
Title Sword Beach : D-Day baptism by fire / Max Hastings.
Author Hastings, Max, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 900-999
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
 Paris-Bourbon30053003813972940.5421421 HAST12/9/2025 Available
 Paris-Bourbon30053003813931940.5421421 HAST12/15/2025 Available

Catalog Details

Personal Name Hastings, Max, author.
Title Statement Sword Beach : D-Day baptism by fire / Max Hastings.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice [New York, N.Y.] : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Physical Description 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, Etc. "... tells the story of a handful of British soldiers and their critical role in D-Day's parachute and seaborne offensive. On Sword, the codename of one of the two beaches assaulted by the British, scores of soldiers were killed by the first shots that they ever heard fired in anger. One British corporal insisted on apologizing to his enemy prisoners, and the Free French troops, 120-men strong, suffered 60 percent losses in the first days of fighting. With his signature blend of drama and detail, Hastings shows how the men who landed on Sword played a critical role in Britain's preeminent landmark victory and the most spectacular battlefield event of World War II in the West. ... fills in many of the missing pieces and human stories that have long been left out of the sweeping macro-stories of the Normandy invasion. Based on published memoirs, interviews with D-Day veterans, and rigorous research, Hastings lends color and shade to the climactic action of the Western Front's most famous battle. Sword Beach describes the lives of a small number of men, on a single day, who faced the immediate transition from make-believe battle to the war's most violent circumstances."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Great Britain. Army. Infantry Division, 3rd History World War, 1939-1945.
Subject Great Britain. Army. Airborne Division, 6th History World War, 1939-1945.
Subject Great Britain. Royal Marines History World War, 1939-1945.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Normandy (France) History, Military 20th century.

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