Ten Thousand Eyes
1959
First Published
4.03
Average Rating
320
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Draws on published and unpublished sources to tell the story of how ordinary men and women from all walks of life risked torture and death in German-occupied Normandy to furnish the allied forces with detailed information of the German coastal defenses, knowledge essential for D- Day success. Includes b&w historical photos. First published in 1958 by E. P. Dutton & Co. Collier has contributed to many British and American magazines and has written several books on WWII. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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4.03
Number of Ratings
29
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Author
Richard Collier
Author · 11 books
British historian, was born in London, England in 1924. He joined the Royal Air Force at eighteen after that, as a war correspondent, he traveled throughout the Far East. He has worked on numerous British and American magazines and has written more than half a dozen books about the Second World War. Few of them are: The sands of Dunkirk, 1961, Duce! A biography of Benito Mussolini, 1971, and The war in the desert, 1977.
