The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0739327844
- ISBN-13
- 9780739327845
- Series
- The Steel Wave
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 793
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Random House Large Print Publishing
- Author
- Jeff Shaara
Description
A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe chronicles the events of the World War II campaign and the personalities who took part, from the ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Omar Bradley, as their efforts changed the course of the war. (Historical Fiction)
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