
Normandy to Victory
The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army
John T. Greenwood(Editor)
The University Press of Kentucky
Published on 26. September 2008
Book
Hardback
658 pages
978-0-8131-2525-1 (ISBN)
Description
The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and approved. The diary chronicles Hodges's ascent to Commanding General in August 1944, as well as his viewpoints on strategy and the enemy, and follows Hodges and the First Army through savage European combat until the German surrender in May 1945. Edited and extensively annotated by John T. Greenwood, Normandy to Victory makes a classic military document widely available to the general public for the first time.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
44
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1092 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-2525-1 (9780813125251)
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William C. Sylvan | Francis G. Smith | John T. Greenwood
Normandy to Victory
The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges & the First U.S. Army
E-Book
07/2020
The University Press of Kentucky
€18.18
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Persons
John T. Greenwood is former chief of the Office of Medical History, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army. He is the editor of several books, including Normandy to Victory: The War Diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army and My Life