A Bloody Dawn: The Irish at D-Day

by Dan Harvey

The epic Allied invasion of German-occupied Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, has been extensively chronicled. The largest seaborne invasion in history, it began the liberation of German-occupied France, and later Europe, from Nazi control What is less well known, however, is that thousands of Irish and members of the Irish diaspora were among the Allied units that landed on the Normandy beaches. Their vital participation has been overlooked abroad...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785372416
• ISBN13: 9781785372414
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"