D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation] [First edition] 9781627791113, 9781627791120, 1627791116, 1627791124

Adapted for young readers from the #1New York Times–bestsellingThe Guns at Last Light,D-Daycaptures the events and the s

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Table of contents :
List of maps. Assault on Normandy, June 1944
Final Overlord plan, June 6, 1944 --
Map legend --
Allied countries and chain of command --
Axis countries and chain of command --
World War II timeline --
Key players --
A note to readers --
The plan --
The invasion --
Epilogue: The days that followed --
The United States declaration of war on Germany --
The five greatest tanks of the war --
The largest battleships of the war --
The most effective bombers of the war --
Weapons carried by U.S., U.K., Canadian, and German ground troops --
Carrier pigeons --
Operation Fortitude: the inflatable army --
Caring for the wounded --
Clothing and equipment issued to a new GI in 1943 --
Monthly pay for an American GI in 1940 --
What they carried --
U.S. Airborne divisions --
What they carried --
U.S. ground assault troops --
K Rations: food on the go for American troops --
Numbers tell part of the story --
Operation Overlord timeline.

D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation] [First edition]
 9781627791113, 9781627791120, 1627791116, 1627791124

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