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Author : Napier Crookenden
Publisher : Allen Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dropzone Normandy written by Napier Crookenden and published by Allen Publishing. This book was released on 1976 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Napier Crookenden
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dropzone Normandy written by Napier Crookenden and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Navy Department. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Invasion of Normandy written by United States. Navy Department. Library and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dominique Francois
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760345589
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Normandy written by Dominique Francois and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2013-10-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in flexibound format, "Normandy" illuminates the tense buildup to the Allied invasion of France in World War II, covering both the German and Allied perspectives through previously unpublished period photographs.
Author : Leo Marriott
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612003389
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Normandy Battlefields written by Leo Marriott and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the battlefields of D-Day in this beautiful book combining historical images, full-color aerial photography, and informative text. The D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Normandy was the most dramatic turning point of World War II. With a combination of historic and contemporary photography, along with maps and other illustrations, The Normandy Battlefields takes readers “on-site” to the sacred battlegrounds. The armada that attacked from Britain left behind many signs of their passage. The Normandy Battlefields details what can be seen on the ground today using a mixture of media to provide a complete overview of the campaign. Maps old and new highlight what has survived and what hasn’t; then-and-now photography allows fascinating comparisons with the images taken at the time, and computer artwork provides graphic details of things that can’t be seen today. The book describes the area from Cherbourg to Le Havre by way of the key D-Day locations, providing a handbook for the visitor and an overview for the armchair traveler. It covers the forces from both sides and the memorials to those young men who fought so many years ago.
Author : Warlord Games
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472839064
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: US Sector written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the fiercely contested US sectors of D-Day, including the beaches of Omaha and Utah, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce American beach landings, beach head breakouts, and Airborne assaults. New, linked scenarios, rules, troop types, and Theatre Selectors provide plenty of options for both novice and veteran players alike.
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Author : Colonel S. L. A. Marshall
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782893520
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment In Normandy Drop [Illustrated Edition] written by Colonel S. L. A. Marshall and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes six maps. This is actual story of parent regiment of the famous “Band of Brothers” Easy company. As the tens of thousands of American troops began their approach toward the forbidding German-defended Normandy coast, their comrades in the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions had already flown over the Channel and began dropping and gliding into enemy territory. The Airborne Divisions had a role critical to the success of the entire Normandy Landings; beyond the initial beach landing areas were miles of flooded defended ditches and waterways. If the German troops managed to defend these bottlenecks the Americans on Utah Beach, at the extreme right of the operation, would be unable to move forward and might have foundered on the beach. The capture and retention of the two southernmost exits were assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment; the plan was well thought-out and would have in all likelihood have succeeded handsomely. However the drop of the 506th like many of their comrades on D-Day was wide and scattered all across the Normandy landscape. As groups of paratroops nervously grouped together in the darkness they started small actions against whatever German positions that they came across; as officers and NCOs struggled to gain some control over the chaos the most organized moved toward their objectives. They bravely pushed forward toward their targets and held them against the rising numbers of German reinforcements; before the major link-up with the beach landings they fought and won the engagement at St-Mairie-Du-Comt against their toughest enemies, the German paratroops. S L A Marshall, the Official Historian for the European Theatre of Operations, interviewed the men of the 506th on their return to the U.K. and from this collected material set about recording this story of their courage, dedication and fighting skill.
Author : John Buckley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134203047
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book The Normandy Campaign 1944 written by John Buckley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With essays from leading names in military history, this new book re-examines the crucial issues and debates of the D-Day campaign. It tackles a range of core topics, placing them in their current historiographical context, to present new and sometimes revisionist interpretations of key issues, such as the image of the Allied armies compared with the Germans, the role of air power, and the lessons learned by the military from their operations. As the Second World War is increasingly becoming a field of revisionism, this book sits squarely within growing debates, shedding new light on topics and bringing current thinking from our leading military and strategic historians to a wider audience. This book will be of great interest to students of the Second World War, and of military and strategic studies in general.
Author : James Holland
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802147097
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Normandy '44 written by James Holland and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of World War II’s Operation Overlord, from the campaign’s planning to its execution, as Allied forces battled to take France back from Germany. D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west—the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the Overlord campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy—a campaign that, in terms of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I—come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others. For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength—delivered with operational brilliance—made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy ‘44 offers important new perspective on one of history’s most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war. Praise for Normandy ‘44 An Amazon Best Book of the Month (History) An Amazon Best History Book of the Year “Detail and scope are the twin strengths of Normandy ’44. . . . Mr. Holland effectively balances human drama with the science of war as the Allies knew it.” —Jonathan W. Jordan, Wall Street Journal “A superb account of the invasions that deserves immense praise. . . . To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and sensitivity. Holland has both in spades.” —Times (UK)
Author : Carlo D'Este
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1635762154
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Decision in Normandy written by Carlo D'Este and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strategy and planning behind D-Day: “The best-researched, best-written account [of the Normandy Campaign] I have ever read.”—The New York Times Book Review One of the most controversial and dangerous military operations in the history of modern warfare, the battle for Normandy took over two years of planning by each country that made up the Allied forces. The event is mired to this day in myth and misconception, and untangling the web of work that led to D-Day is nearly as daunting as the work that led to the day itself. Drawing from declassified documents, personal interviews, diaries, and more, Carlo D’Este, a winner of the Pritzker Award, uncovers what really happened in Normandy. From what went right to what went wrong, D’Este takes readers on a journey from the very first moment Prime Minister Churchill considered an invasion through France to the last battles of World War II. With photos, maps, and first-hand accounts, readers can trace the incredible road to victory and the intricate battles in between. A comprehensive look into the military strategy surrounding the Second World War, Decision in Normandy is an absolute essential for history buffs. “A fresh perspective on the leadership of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and the Allied landings after D-Day.”—Publishers Weekly “Again and again he reveals new facets of familiar subjects—in part from his own dual American army and British academic background; in part by querying everyone and everything.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : Ronald Drez
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426322453
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Remember D-Day written by Ronald Drez and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the events and personalities involved in the momentous Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944.
Author : Winston Ramsey
Publisher : After the Battle
ISBN 13 : 1399076213
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book D-Day Volume 1 written by Winston Ramsey and published by After the Battle. This book was released on 1995-08-30 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRELUDE — General George C. Marshall • OPERATION?‘OVERLORD’ — General Dwight D. Eisenhower • SUPREME?HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED?EXPEDITIONARY?FORCE — Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith • GERMAN?DEFENCES — Oberst Bodo Zimmermann • ULTRA — Major Ralph Bennett • COMMAND?DECISIONS — Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder • PLANS?AND?PREPARATIONS — General Sir Bernard Montgomery • AIR OPERATIONS FOR D-DAY — Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory • OK, LET’S GO? — General Dwight D. Eisenhower • OPERATION?‘NEPTUNE’ — Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay • 6th AIRBORNE DIVISION — Major-General Richard Gale • SPECIAL DUTY OPERATIONS — Brigadier Roderick McLeod • D-DAY’S FIRST FATAL CASUALTY — Father Alberic Stacpoole • 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION — Major General Matthew B. Ridgway • 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION — Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
Author : Ken Ford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849087210
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book D-Day 1944 (3) written by Ken Ford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings. At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the bridge within minutes. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe had begun. Within a few hours landing craft would swarm towards Ouistreham as British 3rd Division stormed ashore at Sword Beach. The battle would then begin to break through to relieve the paratroopers. In the third of the D-Day volumes Ken Ford details the assault by British 6th Airborne Division and the British landings on Sword Beach that secured the vital left flank of the invasion.
Author : Mark Zuehlke
Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1926685954
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Holding Juno written by Mark Zuehlke and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his national best-seller, Juno Beach, and with his usual verve and narrative skill, historian Mark Zuehlke chronicles the crucial six days when Canadians saved the vulnerable beachheads they had won during the D-Day landings. D-Day ended with the Canadians six miles inland — the deepest penetration achieved by Allied forces during this longest day in history. But for all the horror endured on June 6 every soldier knew the worst was yet to come. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of June 7 and shortly after dawn counter attacked in force. The ensuing six days of battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself. Although battered and bloody, the Canadians had held their ground and made it possible for the slow advance toward Germany and eventual Allied victory to begin. Holding Juno recreates this pivotal battle through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it, with the same dramatic intensity and factual detail that made Juno Beach, in the words of Quill & Quire reviewer Michael Clark, “the defining popular history of Canada’s D-Day battle.”
Author : John C. McManus
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466845791
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Americans at D-Day written by John C. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impressively researched, engrossing, lightning quick, and filled with human sorrow and elation, John C. McManus's The Americans at D-Day honors those Americans who lost their lives on D-Day, as well as those who were fortunate enough to survive. June 6, 1944 was a pivotal moment in the history of World War II in Europe. On that day the climactic and decisive phase of the war began. Those who survived the intense fighting on the Normandy beaches found their lives irreversibly changed. The day ushered in a great change for the United States as well, because on D-Day, America began its march to the forefront of the Western world. By the end of the Battle of Normandy, almost one of every two soldiers involved was an American, and without American weapons, supplies, and leadership, the outcome of the invasion and ensuing battle could have been very different. In the first of two volumes on the American contribution to the Allied victory at Normandy, John C. McManus (Deadly Brotherhood, Deadly Sky) examines, with great intensity and thoroughness, the American experience in the weeks leading up to D-Day and on the great day itself. From the build up in England to the night drops of airborne forces behind German lines and the landings on the beaches at dawn, from the famed figures of Eisenhower, Bradley, and Lightin' Joe Collins to the courageous, but little-known privates who fought so bravely, and under terrifying conditions, this is the story of the American experience at D-Day. What were the battles really like for the Americans at Utah and Omaha? What drove them to fight despite all adversity? How and why did they triumph? Thanks to extensive archival research, and the use of hundreds of first hand accounts, McManus answers these questions and many more. In The Americans at D-Day, a gripping narrative history reminiscent of Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day, McManus takes readers into the minds of American strategists, into the hearts of the infantry, into hell on earth. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Carl Shilleto
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178383000X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Merville Battery & the Dives Bridges written by Carl Shilleto and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This battlefield guide is the companion work to Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge. Together, these two books form the fully revised and updated edition of the previous best selling Battleground Europe Series book Pegasus Bridge & Merville Battery.This book examines, in great detail, the attack by 9 Para Bn of the British 6th Airborne Division on the German gun emplacement known as the Merville Battery on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The actions of 8 Para, 12 Para, Canadian 1 Para, attached engineer and support units, and commando raids in this area of Normandy are also told. In particular, the importance of destroying the five bridges, and a drainage culvert, in the Dives valley are explained along with the importance of taking and holding the high ground to the north-east of Caen. These combined actions resulted in the protection and securing of the left flank of the greatest combined military operation in history; Operation OVERLORD.In addition to explaining how these objectives were achieved, this battlefield guide relates the battles to the area as it is today. The book contains details of the museums, memorials, cemeteries and associated organizations. All of which will unravel the history of the area to the visitor and armchair traveler alike.To further aid the battlefield tourist, GPS data is also provided for either satellite navigation by vehicle or for viewing on Google Earth.
Author : Mark Zuehlke
Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1926685709
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Juno Beach written by Mark Zuehlke and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 6, 1944 the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among this number were 18,000 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a wide expanse of sand. Code named Juno Beach. Here, sheltered inside concrete bunkers and deep trenches, hundreds of German soldiers waited to strike the first assault wave with some ninety 88-millimetre guns, fifty mortars, and four hundred machineguns. A four-foot-high sea wall ran across the breadth of the beach and extending from it into the surf itself were ranks of tangled barbed wire, tank and vessel obstacles, and a maze of mines. Of the five Allied forces landing that day, they were scheduled to be the last to reach the sand. Juno was also the most exposed beach, their day’s objectives eleven miles inland were farther away than any others, and the opposition awaiting them was believed greater than that facing any other force. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. Yet their grip on Juno Beach was firm.
