| Verfasst von: | Rabe, Stephen G. [VerfasserIn]  |
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| Titel: | The lost paratroopers of Normandy |
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| Titelzusatz: | a story of resistance, courage, and solidarity in a French village |
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| Verf.angabe: | Stephen G. Rabe |
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| Verlagsort: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore |
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| Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
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| Jahr: | 2022 |
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| Umfang: | ix, 253 Seiten |
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| Illustrationen: | Illustrationen |
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| Fussnoten: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke ; Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01) |
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| ISBN: | 1-009-20637-0 |
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| | 978-1-009-20637-2 |
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| Abstract: | The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in defense of liberty and freedom. On D-Day, when transport planes dropped paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions hopelessly off-target into marshy waters in northwestern France, the 900 villagers of Graignes welcomed them with open arms. These villagers - predominantly women - provided food, gathered intelligence, and navigated the floods to retrieve the paratroopers' equipment at great risk to themselves. When the attack by German forces on 11 June forced the overwhelmed paratroopers to withdraw, many made it to safety thanks to the help and resistance of the villagers. In this moving book, historian Stephen G. Rabe, son of one of the paratroopers, meticulously documents the forgotten lives of those who participated in this integral part of D-Day history |
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| DOI: | doi:10.1017/9781009206389 |
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| URL: | Cover: http://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/4B56696D677C7C39353932323335377C7C434F50.jpg?sq=1 |
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| | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009206389 |
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| Schlagwörter: | (g)Graignes / (s)Operation Overlord |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| RVK-Notation: | NQ 2660 |
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| Sach-SW: | 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 |
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| | Bodentruppen und Kriegsführung |
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| | European history |
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| | Europäische Geschichte |
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| | HISTORY / Military / General |
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| | Krieg und militärische Operationen |
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| | Land forces & warfare |
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| | Moderne Kriegsführung |
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| | Mündlich überlieferte Geschichte, Oral History |
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| | Oral history |
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| | Second World War |
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| | Tatsachenberichte: Kriege und Schlachten |
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| | True war & combat stories |
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| | War & defence operations |
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| | Zweiter Weltkrieg |
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| Geograph. SW: | France |
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| | Frankreich |
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| Zeit-SW: | 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr |
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| | c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
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| | ca. 1938 bis ca. 1946 (Zeitraum des Zweiten Weltkriegs) |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 180397253X |
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¬The¬ lost paratroopers of Normandy / Rabe, Stephen G. [VerfasserIn]; 2022
