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Title: D-DAY: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
By: Rupert Colley, Jonathan Keeble
Format: Downloadable audio file

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ISBN 10: 0007573820
ISBN 13: 9780007573820
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pub. date: 24 April, 2014
Edition: Unabridged edition
Description: Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
Synopsis: Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Midnight, Tuesday 6 June 1944: the beginning of D-Day, the operation to invade Nazi-occupied Western Europe and initiate the final phase of World War II. A vast undertaking, it involved 12,000 aircraft and an amphibious assault of almost 7,000 vessels. 160,000 troops would cross the English Channel during Operation Overlord, paving the way for more than three million allied troops to enter France by the end of August 1944.Forces from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Free French and Poland all heavily participated, alongside contingents from Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway, They capitalised on the element of surprise achieved due to bad weather and the success of Operation Bodyguard - a feat of massive deception to convince Hitler that the landings would hit Pas-de-Calais. In just over a year, the war would be won. `D-Day: History in an Hour' is the story of how the largest military operation in history had been planned, practised and executed.Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour...
Publication: UK
Imprint: William Collins
Returns: Non-returnable
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1945: YEAR OF VICTORY (CD)
A BROKEN LAND (AUD)
A BROKEN LAND (CD)
A BROKEN LAND (CD)
A CRY IN THE NIGHT
A DOG'S LIFE (AUD)
A DOG'S LIFE (CD)
A DOG'S LIFE (CD)
A DYING BREED
A DYING BREED (CD)
A DYING BREED (CD)
A FEAR OF VENGEANCE (AUD)
A FEAR OF VENGEANCE (CD)
A FEAR OF VENGEANCE (CD)
A KILLING MOON
A SHIP FOR THE KING
A SHIP FOR THE KING (AUD)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (CD)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (CD)
A WAYSIDE TAVERN (AUD)
A WAYSIDE TAVERN (CD)
A WAYSIDE TAVERN (CD)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
ADAPT
ALED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY (CD)
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE (AUD)
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE (CD)
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE (CD)
AMERICAN SLAVERY: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
AN ACADEMIC DEATH (AUD)
AN ACADEMIC DEATH (CD)
AN ACADEMIC DEATH (CD)
AN AGENT OF DECEIT
AN AGENT OF DECEIT (AUD)
AN AGENT OF DECEIT (CD)
AN AGENT OF DECEIT (CD)
ANASTASIA (PB)
ANCIENT EGYPT: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
ARISTOTLE: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
BABYLON
BARRY LYNDON (CD)
BERKELEY: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
BERTRAND RUSSELL: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
BIG SAM: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIRDCAGE, THE
BLACK BEAUTY (AUD)
BLACK BEAUTY (CD)
BLACK HISTORY: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
BLACK HISTORY: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
BLOODSTREAM
BLOWN OFF COURSE (AUD)
BLOWN OFF COURSE (CD)
BLOWN OFF COURSE (CD)
BONES IN THE NEST
BRIDGE OF SPIES
BRIDGE OF SPIES (AUD)
BRIDGE OF SPIES (CD)
BRIDGE OF SPIES (CD)
BRITANNIA
BRITANNIA
BRITANNIA (CD)
BRITANNIA (CD)
BROTHERS IN BLOOD
BROTHERS IN BLOOD (AUD)
BROTHERS IN BLOOD (CD)
BROTHERS IN BLOOD (CD)
CENTURION
CENTURION (AUD)
CENTURION (CD)
CENTURION (CD)
CHURCHILL: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
CHURCHYARD AND HAWKE
CHURCHYARD AND HAWKE (AUD)
CHURCHYARD AND HAWKE (CD)
CHURCHYARD AND HAWKE (CD)
CITY OF THE LOST
CONFUCIUS: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
CONQUEST (AUD)
CONQUEST (CD)
CONQUEST (CD)
COVER UP (AUD)
COVER UP (CD)
CRUSADE
CRUSADE (AUD)
CRUSADE (CD)
D-DAY: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
D-DAY: THE ROAD TO NORMANDY (CD)
DARK HORSE
DARK HORSE (AUD)
DARK HORSE (CD)
DARKNESS VISIBLE
DARKNESS VISIBLE (AUD)
DARKNESS VISIBLE (CD)
DARKNESS VISIBLE (CD)
DE NIRO'S GAME (CD)
DEAD GONE
DEAD SILENT (AUD)
DEAD SILENT (CD)
DEAD SILENT (CD)
DEADLY FINISH (AUD)
DEADLY FINISH (CD)
DEADLY FINISH (CD)
DEADLY FRIENDS (AUD)
DEADLY FRIENDS (CD)
DEADLY FRIENDS (CD)
DEATH DO US PART
DEATHLIST
DEITY (CD)
DERRIDA: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
DESCARTES: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
DEWEY: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
DICKENS: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
DOG'S LIFE
DON JUAN (CD)
DRAGOONS (AUD)
DRAGOONS (CD)
DRAGOONS (CD)
DUNKIRK
DUSTY DEATH (AUD)
DUSTY DEATH (CD)
DUSTY DEATH (CD)
EDWARD TRENCOM'S NOSE (AUD)
EDWARD TRENCOM'S NOSE (CD)
ELIDOR (CD)
ENDLESS NIGHT (CD)
ENEMY OF GOD
EXCALIBUR
EXCELLENT WOMEN
EXCELLENT WOMEN
EXCELLENT WOMEN (AUD)
EXCELLENT WOMEN (CD)
EXCELLENT WOMEN (CD)
EXTINCTION
FINDING MY VOICE, MY STORY (AUD)
FINDING MY VOICE, MY STORY (CD)
FINDING MY VOICE, MY STORY (CD)
FIRE AND SWORD: THE WELLINGTON & NAPOLEON QUARTET
FIREFIGHT (CD)
FIRST WORLD WAR (CD)
FIRST WORLD WAR: 1914: VOICES FROM THE BBC ARCHIVE (CD)
FIRST WORLD WAR: 1915 (CD)
FIRST WORLD WAR: 1916 (CD)
FIRST WORLD WAR: 1918 (CD)
FLASHMAN AND THE TIGER (AUD)
FLASHMAN AND THE TIGER (CD)
FLASHMAN ON THE MARCH (CD)
FOLLOW ME HOME (AUD)
FOLLOW ME HOME (CD)
FOLLOW ME HOME (CD)
FOUCAULT: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
FROZEN MOMENT
FROZEN MOMENT (CD)
GALLOWS THIEF
GARDENS OF STONE:MY BOYHOOD IN THE FRENCH RESISTANCE (CD)
GENTLEMAN CAPTAIN (AUD)
GENTLEMAN CAPTAIN (CD)
GENTLEMAN CAPTAIN (CD)
GEORGE WASHINGTON: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
GLOCKENSPIEL (AUD)
GLOCKENSPIEL (CD)
GLOCKENSPIEL (CD)
GRIEF ENCOUNTERS
GRIEF ENCOUNTERS (AUD)
GRIEF ENCOUNTERS (CD)
GRIEF ENCOUNTERS (CD)
HEARTS OF STONE
HEARTS OF STONE
HEARTS OF STONE (CD)
HEARTS OF STONE (CD)
HEGEL: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
HEIDEGGER: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
HENRY VIII'S WIVES: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
HENRY VIII: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
HIDDEN (CD)
HITLER: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
HITLER: HISTORY IN AN HOUR
HITLER: HISTORY IN AN HOUR (PB)
HUME: PHILOSOPHY IN AN HOUR
IN THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD
IN VINO VERITAS (AUD)
IN VINO VERITAS (CD)
IN VINO VERITAS (CD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A BALI CONSPIRACY MOST FOUL
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A BALI CONSPIRACY MOST FOUL (AUD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A BALI CONSPIRACY MOST FOUL (CD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A BALI CONSPIRACY MOST FOUL (CD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A MOST PECULIAR MALAYSIAN MURD (AUD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A MOST PECULIAR MALAYSIAN MURD (CD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A MOST PECULIAR MALAYSIAN MURD (CD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: A MOST PECULIAR MALAYSIAN MURDER
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: THE SINGAPORE SCHOOL OF VILLA (AUD)
INSPECTOR SINGH INVESTIGATES: THE SINGAPORE SCHOOL OF VILLA (CD)
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