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The Greatest War: D-Day and the Assault on Europe
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The Greatest War: D-Day and the Assault on Europe Paperback - 2001

by Astor, Gerald

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Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day, and the advance of allied forces across Europe to the liberation of Paris.

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New York: Warner, 2001. Mass market paperback, xi + 580 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations; very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listing for Astor's The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It (Dell World War II Library).. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good +.
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  • Title The Greatest War: D-Day and the Assault on Europe
  • Author Astor, Gerald
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Very Good +
  • Pages 592
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Warner, New York
  • Date 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 034206
  • ISBN 9780446610476 / 044661047X
  • Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.07 x 3.72 x 1.3 in (23.04 x 9.45 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.542

Summary

Told by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, this series is an oral history of World War II from those who were there. This second volume examines the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day, and the advance of allied forces across Europe to the liberation of Paris.

First line

AT CASABLANCA WHEN THE ALLIED LEADERS HAD CONGRATUlated themselves on the start of Torch they had also agreed upon the capture of Sicily.

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About the author

World War II veteran Gerald Astor drew upon his combat experiences to author more than a dozen war books. He received his B.A. from Princeton University before working as the picture editor at Sports Illustrated during its early years and as an editor at Sport magazine, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, and Time. He died in 2008 at eighty-one.