D-Day 1944
Subtitle: Gold & Juno beaches
By: Ken Ford.
Series: Praeger illustrated military history series
Publisher: Praeger; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
Description: "Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the landings of British 50th Division on Gold Beach and Canadian 3rd Division on Juno Beach. Not only did they provide the vital link between the landings of the British 3rd Division on Sword Beach and the Americans to the west on Omaha, they would be crucial to the securing of the beachhead and the drive inland to Bayeux and Caen. In the fourth D-Day volume Ken Ford details the assault that began the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.
Originally published: Oxford : Osprey, 2002.