A Bloody Dawn

A Bloody Dawn
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Publisher : Merrion Press
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781785372438
ISBN-13 : 1785372432
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Book Synopsis A Bloody Dawn by : Dan Harvey

Download or read book A Bloody Dawn written by Dan Harvey and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. They were also prominent among the D-Day planners and commanders. This Irish contribution to the most extraordinary military operation ever attempted in the history of warfare is at last told for the first time in A Bloody Dawn: The Irish at D-Day.


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