Historial of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy
June 6 – August 25, 1944
For the first time, a literary work dedicated to Operation Overlord brings together in a single volume all the military events that took place during the Battle of Normandy, with a level of detail that has never been seen before.
June 6, 1944 has gone down in the history of the Second World War as D-Day. It marked the start of a phase in the liberation of continental France: 80 days of fighting, sometimes indecisive, often bloody, extended the famous D-Day until the neutralization of two German armies pursued towards the Seine.
To mark the 80th anniversary of this famous D-Day, Marc Laurenceau (author of the very popular D-Day Hour by Hour) has published a major book by Éditions OREP entitled “Historial du Jour J et de la bataille de Normandie” (“Historial of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy“). This 1,200-page work covers the entire battle from June 6 to August 25, 1944, from the moment the Allied armies crossed the English Channel to their arrival along the banks of the Seine. Complemented by 75 maps and aerial photos (also with commentary by the author), the book shows the evolution of the conflict in over 510 communes and localities.
Excerpt from Historial of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (French version)
Marc Laurenceau / OREP.
17 large-scale military operations punctuated the months of June to August 1944. At the same time, almost two and a half million Allied soldiers landed in Normandy. Many thousands of Normandy civilians, caught up in the turmoil of the fighting, paid for the liberation of their region with their lives. This book, unique in the amount of information it contains and the detail of its descriptions, tells their story. It describes with equal precision not only the events of D-Day (parachuting, beach assaults, etc.), but also the numerous offensives and counter-offensives of the Normandy campaign in 1944, not forgetting the actions of the French resistance, aerial combat and the naval support of the armada.
The fruit of more than a decade’s work, this overview of the Normandy campaign draws its sources mainly from American, British, Canadian and French archives. For history buffs, researchers and anyone seeking to understand the strategic, operational and tactical stakes of the Battle of Normandy, this work is an invaluable resource. In fact, this “Historial” is a compendium of the diaries of the marches and operations of the thousands of units present in France during the Battle of Normandy. The author, who travelled to various establishments around the world, worked from military accounts written a few hours or a few days after the event, enabling the reader to benefit from precise descriptions of the facts. He has also met with numerous veterans, regularly traveling through Normandy and its historic area.
Marc Laurenceau, author of the book Historial of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, at the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas, consulting the Top Secret Bigot orders of American units.
Photo: author.
Well-versed in the study of military reports and operations, the author offers a comprehensive overview of the issues at stake in the Battle of Normandy. For history buffs, researchers and anyone seeking to understand what was at stake during these 80 days of fighting, this book is an invaluable resource.
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Excerpt from Historial of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy (French version)
Marc Laurenceau / OREP.
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