Bibliograph

D-Day, Rick Atkinson with Kate Waters

Type

Label

D-Day, Rick Atkinson with Kate Waters

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

D-Day

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

858896729

Responsibility statement

Rick Atkinson with Kate Waters

Summary

Presents a young reader's adaptation of "The Guns at Last Light," tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification