NORMANDY LANDINGS D-DAY INVASION OF EUROPE world war 2

ISBN 0600581586

Size = 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

This book was published with the full cooperation and invaluable assistance of the Normandy Veterans Association. Over 100  photographs and numerous informative maps chronicle every stage of the operation. Highly personal accounts by Allied veterans punctuate the vivid, detailed text. Views of the landing beaches today and the main memorials show the living legacy of the Normandy invasion. June 2004 marked the 60th anniversary of the greatest amphibious military operation in the history of warfare. Involving hundreds of thousands of troops and huge flotillas of landing craft and ships, the D-Day Landings were a triumph of strategic planning and operational management. They also proved to be the beginning of the end of World War II, the most destructive conflict ever known.

The whole daring operation was a huge gamble. If successful, it could lead to a speedy end to the war in Europe; but if it failed it would spell disaster, handing the initiative back to Hitler and reversing the entire course of the war. The Germans were well aware that an invasion was being planned from Britain, but they did not know where the attack would come, or when. This vivid, detailed account chronicles the prelude to the invasion of 6 Jund 1944, summarizes the key aspects of the Allied assault on Normandy and looks at the victorious consequences of the expedition. It is a record of the times and the events, and above all, a tribute to the soldiers, sailors and airmen who took part in the savage campaign - Americans, British, Canadians, Free-French and Poles. 

A special feature of the book is the inclusion of reminiscences, recollections and poems by Allied veterans. Their highly personal accounts of unflinching bravery, humour and tragic loss are uplifting and moving. These passages are coupled with memorable extracts from contemporary War Correspondents' reports broadcast by the BBC and America's NBC. The book concludes with a review of the landing beaches today, the landmarks, museums and the memorials that have become a place of pilgrimage for those brave, determined individuals who particupated in this crusade.

160 pages. Hard cover with UNCLIPPED dust jacket. NOT ex-library.

Weight = 1.2 kg

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