A bloody dawn : the Irish at D-Day
Harvey, Dan, 1959-2019
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The epic Allied invasion of German-occupied Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, has been extensively chronicled. The largest seaborne invasion in history, it began the liberation of German-occupied France, and later Europe, from Nazi control, laying the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. What is less well known, however, is that thousands of Irish and members of the Irish diaspora were among the Allied units that landed on the Normandy beaches. Their vital participation has been overlooked abroad and even more so in Ireland. There were Irish among the American, British and Canadian airborne and glider-borne infantry landings; Irishmen were on the beaches from dawn, in and amongst the first and subsequent assault waves to hit the beaches; in the skies above in bombers and fighter aircraft; and on naval vessels all along the Normandy coastline.
Main title:
A bloody dawn : the Irish at D-Day / Dan Harvey.
Author:
Harvey, Dan, 1959-, author
Imprint:
Newbridge : Merrion Press, 2019.
Collation:
250 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781785372414 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.542142
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1054402