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Normandy to victory : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army /
The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and appr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Colección: | American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and approved. The diary chronicles Hodges's ascent to Commanding General in August 1944, as well as his viewpoints on strategy and the enemy, and follows Hodges and the First Army through savage European combat until the German surrender in May 1945. |
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| Notas: | "An AUSA book"--Ser. title page Reproduces in edited form the First Army's daily war diary, maintained for Hodges by his aides. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 575 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-530) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813126425 0813126428 9780813138664 0813138663 1283232405 9781283232401 0813135036 9780813135038 9786613232403 6613232408 |