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Blood and Steel
Donald E. Graves
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Description for Blood and Steel
Hardcover. The 1944 Normandy campaign in original German documents Drawn from the previously untapped archives of the Canadian Army Intelligence Corps A treasure-trove of information for historians, wargamers, re-enactors and modellers Num Pages: 227 pages, 16pp of plates. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign. This book depicts the experience of that army in Normandy through its own records and documentation. The Wehrmacht Archive is an informative and colourful collection of translated original orders, diaries, letters, after action reports, and even jokes, as well as Allied technical evaluations of weapons, vehicles and equipment and transcripts of prisoner of war interrogations. You will also learn from official documents about the Germans' efforts to cope with Allied ... Read more
Ordered by Hitler 'to hold, or to die' and to fight 'to the last grenade and round', the German army was a formidable opponent during the 1944 Normandy campaign. This book depicts the experience of that army in Normandy through its own records and documentation. The Wehrmacht Archive is an informative and colourful collection of translated original orders, diaries, letters, after action reports, and even jokes, as well as Allied technical evaluations of weapons, vehicles and equipment and transcripts of prisoner of war interrogations. You will also learn from official documents about the Germans' efforts to cope with Allied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
595g
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848326835
SKU
V9781848326835
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Ref
99-15
About Donald E. Graves
One of Canada's best-known military historians, DONALD GRAVES is the author or editor of eighteen books including the well-received Another Place, Another Time: A U-Boat Officer's Wartime Album (2003).
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