This book, richly illustrated, allows to relive hour by hour, minute by minute, the Overlord operation through more than 350 chronological events.
by Marc Laurenceau
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy
Beevor draws upon his research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action.
by Antony Beevor
D-Day: The Soldiers’ Story
Giles Milton’s bold new history narrates the day’s events through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter.
by Giles Milton
Normandy ‘44: D-Day and the Battle for France
Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history. Unflinchingly examining the brutality and violence that characterised the campaign, it’s time to draw some radically different conclusions.
by James Holland
D-Day: The story of D-Day through maps
Follow the D-Day landings through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary and dramatic photographs. Over 90 maps demonstrate how the D-Day landings unfolded, and are accompanied by detailed descriptions of what happened on that momentous day.
by Richard Happer
The D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign
This powerful study chronicles the evolution of the invasion plan and culminates in a day-by-day account of the landings by sea and by air on the Normandy beaches, followed by the grim six-week struggle to break through the German defences.
by Charles Messenger
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches
This powerful study chronicles the evolution of the invasion plan and culminates in a day-by-day account of the landings by sea and by air on the Normandy beaches, followed by the grim six-week struggle to break through the German defences.
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944
Drawing together the eyewitness accounts of survivors from both sides, plus a wealth of previously untapped sources and documents, Overlord provides a brilliant, controversial perspective on the devastating battle for Normandy.
by Max Hastings
D-Day Operations Manual
This manual describes the development, construction and use of a wide range of innovative machines, structures and systems, explaining their uses on D-Day and after, and revealing how they contributed to the success of Overlord.
by Jonathan Falconer
D-Day: The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos
D-Day was the largest single-day aerial operation in history. Veronico assembles photos of both the air and sea components of the D-Day invasion, giving the sailors and airmen their due and giving modern readers a vivid sense of what this monumental day was like in the air and at sea.
by Nicholas A. Veronico
D-Day: The British Beach Landings
This is the story of the British soldiers’ experience of the beach landings on that fateful morning – the spearhead of Operation Overlord.
by John Sadler
Forgotten Voices of D-Day
Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices of D-Day tells the compelling story of this turning point in World War 2. Hearing from paratroopers and commandos, glider pilots and landing craft crewmen, airmen and naval personnel, we learn first-hand what it was like as men waited to go in, as they neared the beaches and drop zones, and as they landed and met the enemy.
by Roderick Bailey