The invasion before Normandy : the secret battle of Slapton Sands / Edwin P. Hoyt.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London : Robert Hale, 1987وصف:210 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 070902598x (hbk)
- 9780709025986 (hbk)
- Slapton Sands, Battle of, England, 1944
- Operation Tiger
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German
- United States. Army -- Maneuvers -- History -- 20th century
- Allied Forces -- Maneuvers
- Military maneuvers -- England -- Slapton Sands -- History -- 20th century
- Operation Overlord
- D756.5.S57 H68 1987
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D756.5.S57 H68 1987 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000257897 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index.
The first full account of a major disaster deliberately concealed during the Allied preparation for D-Day. Operation Tiger on Slapton Sands was one of the giant military exercises off the Devonshire coast conducted by the Allied armed forces in preparation for D-day. When part of the training force was surprised by nine German E-boats with heavy loss of life extraordinary measures where taken. Over 700 Americans were hastily buried and news of the attack was concealed. Security for the whole D-Day mission was threatened and confidence that Britain and America could successfully co-operate in such a complex plan was shaken. For the first time Edwin P. Hoyt brings together the details of Operation Tiger and assess its importance both in the history of Anglo-American relations and in the military lessons which were learnt in readiness for D-Day.