This outstanding overview of D-Day makes clear its great importance in military and world history, identifies mistakes committed on both sides, and explains all aspects of the 1944 Allied invasion of France and the Normandy Campaign that followed.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Entries.
List of Primary Documents.
List of Maps.
Preface.
Introduction: The Normandy Invasion (D-Day, June 6, 1944) and Campaign.
A.
1: Airborne Forces, British and American.
2: Aircraft, Bombers.
3: Aircraft, Fighters and Fighter-Bombers.
4: Aircraft, Gliders.
5: Aircraft, Transports.
6: Air Warfare, Ground-Attack Aviation.
7: Amphibious Warfare in the European Theater.
8: Antitank Guns and Antitank Warfare.
9: Artillery and Fire Support.
10: Atlantic, Battle of the.
11: Atlantic Wall.
B.
12: Barton, Raymond Oscar “Tubby” (1889–1963).
13: Bluecoat, Operation (July 30–August 7, 1944).
14: Bradley, Omar Nelson (1893–1981).
15: Brooke, Sir Alan Francis (First Viscount Alanbrooke) (1883–1963).
C.
16: Caen, Battle to Secure (June 6–July 18, 1944).
17: Cemeteries, Normandy Invasion.
18: Cherbourg, Capture of (June 22–29, 1944).
19: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874–1965).
20: Cobra, Operation (July 25–31, 1944).
21: Cole, Robert George (1915–1944).
22: Collins, Joseph Lawton “Lightning Joe” (1896–1987).
