D-Day: The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos 9780811738095, 9780811768139, 0811738094

Those who witnessed it never forgot it: the great armada of Allied ships that filled the English Channel on D-Day, June

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Table of contents :
Overview: Operation Overlord : the D-Day invasion of France --
Tactical operations and the aerial invasion --
Operation Neptune : hit the beach! --
Securing a foothold on the continent --
Appendix I: Operation Overlord Medal of Honor recipients --
Appendix II: Invasion beach airfields (June 6-September 4, 1944) --
Appendix III: Ship losses, Normandy Invasion (June 6-25, 1944) --
Appendix IV: Allied aircraft losses (June 5/6-June 7/8) --
Appendix V: D-Day memorials and museums --
Appendix VI: Select D-Day survivors.

D-Day: The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos
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