"When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis"--OCLC.
Presents a historical recreation of D-Day, June 6, 1944, as American, British, and Canadian troops from fleet of 4,000 ships invade Western Europe from the coast of France and begin an assault on Hitler's Atlantic wall.
"June 1944. World War II. D-Day. 182 members of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division parachute into the French countryside--a full eighteen miles southeast of their intended target . . . The citizens of Graignes vote to feed and shelter the soldiers, knowing that the decision would bring them terrible punishment if their efforts were discovered by the Germans . . . As a small German militia passes through, the world's war comes to their remote town in the countryside and for the the next six days, the small band of American paratroopers and French citizens must fight for their lives to hold back 2,000 enemy combatants"--Provided by publisher.
"When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis"--OCLC.
"When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis"--OCLC.
An account of the invasion of Normandy, telling the story of the decisive World War II battle, and discussing events that preceded and followed the campaign.
Tells the story of a squad of young soldiers led by Captain John Miller who set out in the midst of the chaos of D-Day to find Private Ryan, a soldier whose three brothers had already been killed during World War II.
A synthesis of the entire Normandy landing operation: the Atlantic Wall, the difficult parachute landings, the beach assaults; includes a list of technical terms.
