The D-Day companion : leading historians explore history's greatest amphibious assault / editor, Jane Penrose.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Penrose, Jane
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Osprey, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Amphibious operations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
Physical Description:288 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. "The great crusade" / Professor Samuel J. Newland
  • 2. "Remember this is an invasion" - Planning and build-up / Dr. Duncan Anderson
  • 3. "The great shadow-boxing match" - Deception and intelligence / Dr. Christina J. M. Goulter
  • 4. "A very lofty perch" - Allied high command / Dr. Stephen A. Hart
  • 5. "Throw them back" - German planning and command / Professor Dennis Showalter
  • 6. "In the air, on the ground, and in the factories" - Air power / Professor Williamson Murray
  • 7. "The greatest military armada ever launched" - Operation NEPTUNE / Dr. Andrew Gordon
  • 8. "A visitor to hell" - On the beaches / Professor Williamson Murray
  • 9. "Blood upon the risers" - Airborne / Professor Allan R. Millett
  • 10. "Their road will be long and hard" - The push inland / Ronald J. Drez
  • 11. "With unbelieving eyes" - The German experience / Professor Russell Hart
  • 12. "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" - OVERLORD and beyond / Dr. David I. Hall
  • 13. "The eyes of the world" - Commemoration and memorial / Carlo D'Este.