Description:This is a book in three parts: Part one concerns the search for the site of the battle in which Corporal Sidney Bates (no relation to the author) was killed after undertaking an individual action against a German position, for which he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Part two recounts the story of Madame Suzanne Lenauld, a resident of Colleville-sur-Orne (renamed Colleville-Montgomery after the war), who experienced the D-Day invasion at first hand, and later provided extensive assistance to the author, Tom Bates, when conducting his research in the region. The third part recounts the assault on the German battery known to the British and Americans as Hillman, which was a key objective on the first day, and an extremely strongly held position capable of inflicting much damage over a wide area, including nearby Sword Beach itself.The book contains a French translation of the original text in a second column on each page.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Normandy: The Search for Sydney by Eric Lummis (2000-03-01). To get started finding Normandy: The Search for Sydney by Eric Lummis (2000-03-01), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Normandy: The Search for Sydney by Eric Lummis (2000-03-01)
Description: This is a book in three parts: Part one concerns the search for the site of the battle in which Corporal Sidney Bates (no relation to the author) was killed after undertaking an individual action against a German position, for which he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Part two recounts the story of Madame Suzanne Lenauld, a resident of Colleville-sur-Orne (renamed Colleville-Montgomery after the war), who experienced the D-Day invasion at first hand, and later provided extensive assistance to the author, Tom Bates, when conducting his research in the region. The third part recounts the assault on the German battery known to the British and Americans as Hillman, which was a key objective on the first day, and an extremely strongly held position capable of inflicting much damage over a wide area, including nearby Sword Beach itself.The book contains a French translation of the original text in a second column on each page.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Normandy: The Search for Sydney by Eric Lummis (2000-03-01). To get started finding Normandy: The Search for Sydney by Eric Lummis (2000-03-01), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.