01177cam a2200253 4500 350087082 TxAuBib 20080519120000.0 080207s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008004813 9780345461421 $28.00 0345461428 $28.00 (OCoLC)178278526 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER IK2 UPZ YDXCP ABG ALH TxAuBib Shaara, Jeff, 1952- The steel wave : a novel of World War II / Jeff Shaara. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2008. xxvi, 493 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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. 20080519. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy Fiction. War stories.