| Description |
1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Michael R. Dolski, Sam Edwards, John Buckley -- "Portal of liberation": D-Day myth as American self-affirmation / Michael R. Dolski -- The beginning of the end: D-Day in British memory / Sam Edwards -- Canada's D-Day: politics, media, and the fluidity of memory / Terry Copp, Matt Symes -- Gratitude, trauma, and repression: D-Day in French memory / Kate C. Lemay -- "Sie kommen": from defeat to liberation, German and Austrian memory of the Allied "invasion" of 6 June 1944 / Günter Bischof, Michael Maier -- "Their overdue landing": a view from the Eastern Front / Olga Kucherenko -- Conclusion / Michael R. Dolski, Sam Edwards, John Buckley. |
| Summary |
Over the past seventy years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944, known as D-Day, has come to stand as something more than a major battle. This book examines the commonalities and differences in national collective memories of D-Day. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Social aspects -- France -- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Historiography.
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Nationalism and collective memory.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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| Added Author |
Dolski, Michael, 1978- editor, author.
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Edwards, Sam, 1981- editor, author.
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Buckley, John (John D.), editor.
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Dolski, Michael, 1978-
Portal of liberation.
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| Added Title |
Portal of liberation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: D-Day in history and memory. Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2014] 9781574415483 (DLC) 2013043836 (OCoLC)862962333 |
| ISBN |
9781574415582 (electronic bk.) |
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1574415581 (electronic bk.) |
| Sudoc No. |
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