The Liberation Line The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings

The epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by Britain's best-loved railway writer.

Info autore

Christian Wolmar is a writer and broadcaster. He is the author of The Subterranean Railway (Atlantic Books). He writes regularly for the Independent and Evening Standard, and frequently appears on TV and radio on current affairs and news programmes. Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain was published by Atlantic Books in 2007.

Riassunto

The epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by Britain's best-loved railway writer.

Prefazione

The epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by Britain's best-loved railway writer.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christian Wolmar, Wolmar Christian
• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 02.05.2024
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Veicoli su rotaia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)
• EAN: 9781838957520
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-752-0
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Illustrazioni: 2x8pp b/w plates and maps
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16.3 x 24.2 x 3.6 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 1 g
• Categorie: Sabotage, Churchill, France, Germany, Vichy, D-Day, Oppenheimer, Fury, HISTORY / Europe / Western, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles, Military vehicles, Trains, Liberation, Normandy, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Western Europe, Railways, World War II, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest, Dunkirk, Normandy Beaches, Nazi Germany, World War Two, supplies, british rail; railways; trains; world war ii; world war two; d-day; france; nazi germany; vichy; liberation; normandy; royal engineers; the monuments men; dunkirk; oppenheimer; fury; churchill; sabotage; supplies; blood, iron and gold, royal engineers, the monuments men, blood, iron and gold