The Steel Wave

The Steel Wave

Infobox Book |
name = The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
title_orig =
translator =


author = Jeff Shaara
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = War Historical fiction
publisher = Ballantine Books
release_date = May 13, 2008 [http://library.booksontape.com/bookdetail.cfm/9780739327845]
media_type = Print
Tape
Audio [http://library.booksontape.com/bookdetail.cfm/9780739327845]
pages = 525 [http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780345461421.html] [http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Wave-Novel-World-War/dp/0345461428]
isbn = 978-0-7393-2784-5 [http://library.booksontape.com/bookdetail.cfm/9780739327845]
preceded_by = The Rising Tide
followed_by =

"The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II" is an historical novel written by Jeff Shaara about Operation Overlord during World War Two. The book is the second book in a trilogy written by Shaara.

The novel begins in January [Page 3 of The Steel Wave] of 1944, nearly six months before the invasion of Normandy. Nearly half of the novel deals with General Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, and the rest of the SHAEF's attempt to prepare for D-Day and Erwin Rommell's attempt to prepare for such an assault. The second half mostly deals with the first month of the invasion from the perspective of both Rommell, Eisenhower, and an Army Paratrooper Sergeant named Jesse Adams.

The book did very well upon it's release, reaching the New York Times bestseller list soon after its release.fact|date=August 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.JeffShaara.com Official] Website


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