The Steel Wave
Author: Shaara, Jeff
ISBN: 9780345461407
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 19 May 2009
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, I>The Steel Wave/I> is for WWII buffs, fans of Jeff Shaara, and readers of military drama.I>/I>BR>BR>General Dwight Eisenhower commands a diverse army that must destroy Hitler's European fortress. On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel prepares for the coming invasion, as the F hrer thwarts the strategies Rommel knows will succeed. Meanwhile, Sergeant Jesse Adams, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne, parachutes with his men behind German lines. And as the invasion force surges toward the beaches of Normandy, Private Tom Thorne of the 29th Infantry Division faces the horrifying prospect of fighting his way ashore on Omaha Beach, a stretch of coast more heavily defended than the Allied commanders anticipate. From G.I. to general, b>The Steel Wave/b> carries us through the war's most crucial juncture, the invasion that altered the flow of the war and, ultimately, changed history.
ISBN: 9780345461407
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 19 May 2009
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, I>The Steel Wave/I> is for WWII buffs, fans of Jeff Shaara, and readers of military drama.I>/I>BR>BR>General Dwight Eisenhower commands a diverse army that must destroy Hitler's European fortress. On the coast of France, German commander Erwin Rommel prepares for the coming invasion, as the F hrer thwarts the strategies Rommel knows will succeed. Meanwhile, Sergeant Jesse Adams, a veteran of the 82nd Airborne, parachutes with his men behind German lines. And as the invasion force surges toward the beaches of Normandy, Private Tom Thorne of the 29th Infantry Division faces the horrifying prospect of fighting his way ashore on Omaha Beach, a stretch of coast more heavily defended than the Allied commanders anticipate. From G.I. to general, b>The Steel Wave/b> carries us through the war's most crucial juncture, the invasion that altered the flow of the war and, ultimately, changed history.
