Product Details
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: After the Battle (1995)
Author(s): Winston G. Ramsey
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 216 x 305mm
ISBN: 0900913894
Product Description
This is the second part of a two volume set exploring the inception, planning and preparation of the offensive to liberate Europe, Operation "Overlord", culminating in its launch on D-Day.
Contents:
'DIE INVASION HAT BEGONNEN!' — Oberst Bodo Zimmermann • OMAHA AND UTAH AREAS — Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley • THE MEDALS OF HONOR • GOLD AREA — Brigadier Harold Pyman • THE D-DAY VICTORIA CROSS • JUNO AREA — Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P. Stacey • SWORD AREA — Brigadier David Belchem • MULBERRY — Captain Harold HicklingAIRFIELDS — Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-MalloryAN APPRECIATION — Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt • POSTSCRIPT — The Editor50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS — Brigadier Tom Longland • NORMANDY TODAY — Major Tonie Holt