D-Day
By: editor, Jane Penrose
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780681566910
Subjects: Campaigns; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; World War, 1939-1945; Amphibious operations; Military campaigns
Other titles: D-Day companion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: "The great crusade" / Professor Samuel J. Newland; title: "Remember this is an invasion"; title: Planning and build-up / Dr. Duncan Anderson; title: "The great shadow-boxing match"; title: Deception and intelligence / Dr. Christina J.M. Goulter; title: "A very lofty perch"; title: Allied high command / Dr. Stephen A. Hart; title: "Throw them back"; title: German planning and command / Professor Dennis Showalter; title: "In the air, on the ground, and in the factories"; title: Air power / Professor Williamson Murray; title: "The greatest military armada ever launched"; title: Operation NEPTUNE / Dr. Andrew Gordon; title: Visitor to hell"; title: On the beaches / Professor Williamson Murray; title: "Blood upon the risers"; title: Airborne / Professor Allan R. Millett; title: "Their road will be long and hard"; title: The push inland / Ronald J. Drez; title: "With unbelieving eyes"; title: The German experience / Professor Russell Hart; title: "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted"; title: OVERLORD and beyond / Dr. David I. Hall; title: "The eyes of the world"; title: Commemoration and memorial / Carlo D'Este.