IWM D-Day
Author(s): Richard Holmes
D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, and helped seal the fate of the Third Reich. "D-Day: The Files" is a unique multimedia archive providing a full account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign which effectively destroyed the German forces in France, opening the way for the Allied advance. This insightful book includes "D-Day: The Concise History" by Richard Holmes, a beautifully reproduced photo album with over 100 contemporary photographs, a giant fold-out Overlord campaign map showing 20 separate battlefield situations in colour, a CD of veteran first-hand accounts and 12 facsimile documents.
General Information
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- : Carlton Books Ltd
- : Carlton Books Ltd
- : Contains Book and Hardback and Sheet map, folded and CD-Audio (Performance - spoken word)
- : 0.748
- : 01 April 2012
- : 216mm X 135mm X 43mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2014
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Richard Holmes
- : Mixed media product
- : 940.5421421
- : 96
- : approx. 100 colour & b&w images
- : approx. 100 colour & b&w images
More About The Product
Professor Richard Holmes, is author of The Napoleonic Wars Experience also in the Carlton "Experience" range, as well as Tommy: The British Solider on the Western Front, Wellington: The Iron Duke and Red Coat. Richard was General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History and has presented several documentary series for the BBC.
Introduction; The planning; The Airborne Assault; The Beach Landings; The Battle for Normandy; Breakthrough; Biographies; Statistics; Timeline; Index; Credits.