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The D-Day Companion
Leading Historians explore history’s greatest amphibious assault
The D-Day Companion
Leading Historians explore history’s greatest amphibious assault
Description
Published to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, The D-Day Companion brings together the perspectives and opinions of leading military historians from both sides of the Atlantic.
Operation Overlord saw the Allied Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery pit their wits against Hitler in a bold bid to liberate continental Europe. Featuring a foreword by Major Richard Winters, real-life commander of Easy Company as featured in Stephen E Ambrose's Band of Brothers, this is a unique and incisive examination of the momentous events that surrounded June 6, 1944.
Each chapter of this book focuses on a different aspect of the D-Day landings, from the build-up to the attack to the experiences of the troops on the ground.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
1 "The great crusade"
Introduction by Professor Samuel J Newland
2 "Remember this is an invasion"
Planning and build-up by Dr Duncan Anderson
3 "The great shadow-boxing match"
Deception and intelligence by Dr Christina J M Goulter
4 "A very lofty perch"
Allied high command by Dr Stephen A Hart
5 "Throw them back"
German planning and command by Professor Dennis Showalter
6 "In the air, on the ground, and in the factories"
Air power by Professor Williamson Murray
7 "The greatest military armada ever launched"
Operation NEPTUNE by Dr Andrew Gordon
8 "A visitor to hell"
On the beaches by Professor Williamson Murray
9 "Blood upon the risers"
Airborne by Professor Allan R Millett
10 "Their road will be long and hard"
The push inland by Ronald J Drez
11 "With unbelieving eyes"
The German experience by Professor Russell Hart
12 "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted"
OVERLORD and beyond by Dr David I Hall
13 "The eyes of the world"
Commemoration and memorial by Carlo D'Este
Notes
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | May 10 2014 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781472810632 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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