D-Day Deception - Operation Fortitude and the Normandy Invasion

Informationen zum Autor Mary Kathryn Barbier is a professor of history at Mississippi State University, where she teaches American history, military history, and grand strategy. She is also the author of Kursk (978-0-7603-1254-4) and coauthor of Strategy and Tactics (978-0-7603-1401-2). Klappentext A much-needed reassessment of the deception operation that preceded the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. Zusammenfassung Before landing in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies executed an elaborate deception plan designed to prevent the Germans from concentrating forces in Normandy. The lesser-known first part, Fortitude North, suggested a threat to Norway. Fortitude South--largely through a fictitious army group under Gen. George S.

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• Autori: Mary Kathryn Barbier
• Editore: Stackpole Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2009
• EAN: 9780811735346
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-3534-6
• Pagine: 268
• Serie: Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)