TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arthur, M.
TI  - The silent day: a landmark oral history of d-day on the home front
SN  - 9781444787528
AV  - DUCE D756.N6.A78 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
KW  - History
KW  - Silent day
KW  - a landmark oral history of d-day on the home front
N1  - includes index
N2  - On 6 June, 1944, Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness settled over the country. The majority of those men would never return.

This is the story of that extraordinary 24 hours. Using a wealth of first-person testimonies, renowned historian Max Arthur recounts a remarkable new oral history of D-Day, beginning with the two years leading up to the silent day that saw the UK transformed by the arrival of thousands of American and Canadian troops. We also hear the views of the American troops, who quickly formed strong views of both the British military and civilian populations.
ER  -