D-day in History and Memory - The Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration

Examines the commonalities and differences in national collective memories of D-Day. Chapters cover the main forces on the day of battle, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France, and Germany. In addition, a chapter on Russian memory of the invasion explores other views of the battle. The overall thrust of the book shows that memories of the past vary over time, link to present-day needs, and also still have a clear national and cultural specificity.

About the author

MICHAEL DOLSKI is a historian with the US Joint Prisoner of War--Missing in Action Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii. SAM EDWARDS is a lecturer in American History at Manchester Metropolitan University. JOHN BUCKLEY is a professor of military history at the University of Wolverhampton.

Summary

Over the past seventy years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944, known as D-Day, has come to stand as something more than a major battle. This book examines the commonalities and differences in national collective memories of D-Day.

Product details

• Authors: Michael (EDT)/ Edwards Dolski
• Assisted by: John Buckley (Editor), Michael Dolski (Editor), Michael R. Dolski (Editor), Sam Edwards (Editor)
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2014
• EAN: 9781574415483
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-548-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous