D-Day
'Operation Overlord' from its planning to the liberation of Paris
Published on 4. June 2015
300 pages
978-1-84994-320-8 (ISBN)
Description
The D-Day landings in Normandy on 6th June 1944 have been described as the greatest amphibious operation in the history of warfare. The scale was majestic; 5,000 ships, together with thousands of lesser craft and backed by 11,000 aircraft. If the scale of the military undertaking was heroic, so too was its objective - nothing less than the defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of Europe. In this dramatic account of events, military experts from Britain, the United States and Germany describe the planning, build-up and execution of the D-Day attack.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- The Second Front Debate
- Preparation for Overlord
- The German Defences
- Operation Neptune
- D-Day
- The Buildup
- The Air Battle
- The Normandy Battleground
- The Breakout
- The Invasion of Southern France
- Pursuit to the Seine
- Index
- Plates Section
- Copyright
