2004, ISBN: 9781845090609

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Leo Cooper. Good. 2000. Paperback. Paperback; good in creased card covers. ; First World War battlefield guide. Illustrated. ; 208 pages ., Leo Cooper, 2000, 2.5, Wigston, Leics.: Silver… Mehr…

Leo Cooper. Good. 2000. Paperback. Paperback; good in creased card covers. ; First World War battlefield guide. Illustrated. ; 208 pages ., Leo Cooper, 2000, 2.5, Wigston, Leics.: Silverdale Books. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 4to 1845090608 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Colour illustrated boards. No ownership marks. 192 pages illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. IN ANY MILITARY OPERATION throughout history, few 24-hour periods have been as crucial as that of 6 June 1944. Nearly 7000 ships landed over 132,000 US, British, and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in the biggest amphibious landing ever attempted. During that first day, the Allied forces were at their most vulnerable to German counterattack, as Field Marshal Rommel had realised. Had the Germans mounted a significant attack and the landings failed as a result, the course of the war in Europe undoubtedly would have been significantly altered. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, D-Day: The First 24 Hours describes the -dramatic history of the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings and explains in detail the events that occurred in each landing zone. The book begins with an overview of the immense preparations for the landings and the location of German forces around Normandy. The Allies, able to read the secret German Enigma codes and thus discover the Germans' dispositions, were desperate to persuade the Germans that the landing would be in the Pas de Calais area north east of Normandy, and the various Allied deception plans are described. D-Day: The First 24 Hours then gives a dedicated chapter to the airborne and glider landings which preceded the main assault, before describing each of the individual beach landings in turn, from west to east. Five beaches were the battlefields for the beginning of the liberation of Europe - codenamed Utah and Omaha for the US beaches, and Gold, Juno and Sword for the British and Canadian. Each landing operation is fully detailed, including the slaughter of US troops at Omaha beach, the chaotic scattering of airborne forces throughout the French countryside, the logistical nightmare of consolidating each bridgehead, the British and Canadian failure to push into Caen, and smaller actions such as the US Rangers scaling the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to clear German gun batteries. With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs, detailed fact boxes and specially commissioned maps of the landing areas and combat zones, D-Day.o The First 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the first 24 hours of the liberation of Europe. ., Silverdale Books, 2004, 3<

2004, ISBN: 9781845090609

New York (Thames and Hudson), 1994.. (20)pp., 138 color plates. 1 map. Oblong 4to. Wraps., New York (Thames and Hudson), 1994., 0, Wigston, Leics.: Silverdale Books. Very Good/Very Good.… Mehr…

New York (Thames and Hudson), 1994.. (20)pp., 138 color plates. 1 map. Oblong 4to. Wraps., New York (Thames and Hudson), 1994., 0, Wigston, Leics.: Silverdale Books. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Hard Cover. 4to 1845090608 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Colour illustrated boards. No ownership marks. 192 pages illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. IN ANY MILITARY OPERATION throughout history, few 24-hour periods have been as crucial as that of 6 June 1944. Nearly 7000 ships landed over 132,000 US, British, and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in the biggest amphibious landing ever attempted. During that first day, the Allied forces were at their most vulnerable to German counterattack, as Field Marshal Rommel had realised. Had the Germans mounted a significant attack and the landings failed as a result, the course of the war in Europe undoubtedly would have been significantly altered. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, D-Day: The First 24 Hours describes the -dramatic history of the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings and explains in detail the events that occurred in each landing zone. The book begins with an overview of the immense preparations for the landings and the location of German forces around Normandy. The Allies, able to read the secret German Enigma codes and thus discover the Germans' dispositions, were desperate to persuade the Germans that the landing would be in the Pas de Calais area north east of Normandy, and the various Allied deception plans are described. D-Day: The First 24 Hours then gives a dedicated chapter to the airborne and glider landings which preceded the main assault, before describing each of the individual beach landings in turn, from west to east. Five beaches were the battlefields for the beginning of the liberation of Europe - codenamed Utah and Omaha for the US beaches, and Gold, Juno and Sword for the British and Canadian. Each landing operation is fully detailed, including the slaughter of US troops at Omaha beach, the chaotic scattering of airborne forces throughout the French countryside, the logistical nightmare of consolidating each bridgehead, the British and Canadian failure to push into Caen, and smaller actions such as the US Rangers scaling the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to clear German gun batteries. With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs, detailed fact boxes and specially commissioned maps of the landing areas and combat zones, D-Day.o The First 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the first 24 hours of the liberation of Europe. ., Silverdale Books, 2004, 3<

2004, ISBN: 1845090608

[EAN: 9781845090609], Used, very good, [SC: 3.95], [PU: Silverdale Books, Wigston, Leics.], Jacket, Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Colour illustrated boards. No ownership marks. 192 pag… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781845090609], Used, very good, [SC: 3.95], [PU: Silverdale Books, Wigston, Leics.], Jacket, Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Colour illustrated boards. No ownership marks. 192 pages illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. IN ANY MILITARY OPERATION throughout history, few 24-hour periods have been as crucial as that of 6 June 1944. Nearly 7000 ships landed over 132,000 US, British, and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in the biggest amphibious landing ever attempted. During that first day, the Allied forces were at their most vulnerable to German counterattack, as Field Marshal Rommel had realised. Had the Germans mounted a significant attack and the landings failed as a result, the course of the war in Europe undoubtedly would have been significantly altered. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, D-Day: The First 24 Hours describes the -dramatic history of the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings and explains in detail the events that occurred in each landing zone. The book begins with an overview of the immense preparations for the landings and the location of German forces around Normandy. The Allies, able to read the secret German Enigma codes and thus discover the Germans' dispositions, were desperate to persuade the Germans that the landing would be in the Pas de Calais area north east of Normandy, and the various Allied deception plans are described. D-Day: The First 24 Hours then gives a dedicated chapter to the airborne and glider landings which preceded the main assault, before describing each of the individual beach landings in turn, from west to east. Five beaches were the battlefields for the beginning of the liberation of Europe - codenamed Utah and Omaha for the US beaches, and Gold, Juno and Sword for the British and Canadian. Each landing operation is fully detailed, including the slaughter of US troops at Omaha beach, the chaotic scattering of airborne forces throughout the French countryside, the logistical nightmare of consolidating each bridgehead, the British and Canadian failure to push into Caen, and smaller actions such as the US Rangers scaling the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to clear German gun batteries. With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs, detailed fact boxes and specially commissioned maps of the landing areas and combat zones, D-Day.o The First 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the first 24 hours of the liberation of Europe. Size: 4to, Books<

2004, ISBN: 1845090608

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