D-Day Through French Eyes: Normandy 1944

by Mary Louise Roberts

Book Overview

A gripping account of what it was like to be in the midst of the Norman Invasion on D-Day and immediately afterward.

Silent parachutes dotting the night sky--that's how one woman in Normandy in June 1944 learned that the D-Day invasion was underway. Though they yearned for liberation, the people of Normandy steeled themselves for further warfare, knowing that their homes, land, and fellow citizens would have to bear the brunt of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226821072
• ISBN13: 9780226821078
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"