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Sophia Loren

Pictures At An Exhibition

Le Dernier Métro The Last Metro

Remembering The Occupation In French Film : National Identity In Postwar Europe

The Steel Wave : A Novel Of World War II

  • The Steel Wave : A Novel Of World War II
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    Jeff Shaara
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    Book, 1st ed, Ballantine Books, 2008
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    On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel fortifies and prepares for the coming invasion, acutely aware that he must bring all his skills to bear on a fight his side must win. And as the invasion force surges toward the beaches of Normandy, Private Tom Thorne of the 29th Infantry Division faces the horrifying prospects of fighting his way ashore on a stretch of coast more heavily defended than the Allied commanders anticipate?Omaha Beach. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3569.H18 S74 2008  AVAILABLE

Fleeing Hitler : France 1940

  • Fleeing Hitler : France 1940
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    Hanna Diamond
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    Book, Oxford University Press, 2007
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    As Hitler’s victorious armies approached Paris, panic gripped the city and the roads heading south filled with millions of French citizens, fleeing for their lives, with scant supplies and often no destination in mind. Then, after the German offer of peace, as the traumatized population returned home, preoccupied by the desire for safety and bewildered by the unexpected turn of events, they put their faith in Marshall Petain, who was able to establish his collaborative Vichy regime largely unopposed, while the Germans consolidated their occupation. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  D809.F7 D53 2007  AVAILABLE

Sarah’s Key

The Unfree French : Life Under The Occupation

A Life In Secrets : Vera Atkins And The Missing Agents Of WWII

The First Men In : U.S. Paratroopers And The Fight To Save D-Day

Camus At Combat : Writing 1944-1947

The Interpreter

Eyewitness D-Day : Firsthand Accounts From The Landing At Normandy To The Liberation Of Paris

The D-Day Atlas : Anatomy Of The Normandy Campaign

  • The D-Day Atlas : Anatomy Of The Normandy Campaign
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    Charles Messenger
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    Book, Thames & Hudson, 2004
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    An hour-by-hour re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through new and highly detailed computer-generated maps, explanatory texts, and contemporary photographs. This groundbreaking study of D-Day and the subsequent campaign charts the gradual evolution of the invasion plan, encompassing the intelligence efforts, the Anglo-U.S. strategic debate over where the Allies should attack, and the elaborate deception put in place to fool the Germans about the true D-Day objective. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     OVERSIZE (UPPER)  D756.5.N6 M47 2004  AVAILABLE

The D-Day Companion : Leading Historians Explore History’s Greatest Amphibious Assault