A comprehensive look in to the D-Day landings which took place 65 years ago this year. This covers all aspects of the major offensive that took place that day with leading historians contributing their knowledge and opinions. If you want to know the full account of what took place under this operation then here is one of the best accounts given to date.
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Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, ‘The D-Day Companion’ book brings together the perspectives and opinions of leading military historians from both sides of the Atlantic. Operation Overlord saw the Allied Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery pit their wits against Hitler in a bold bid to liberate continental Europe. Featuring a foreword by Major Richard Winters, real-life commander of Easy Company as featured in Stephen E Ambrose’s ‘Band of Brothers’, this is a unique and incisive examination of the momentous events that surrounded June 6, 1944. Each chapter of this new book focuses on a different aspect of the D-Day landings, from the build-up to the attack to the experiences of the troops on the ground.
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The D-Day Companion is available in Paperback
The D-Day Companion was written by 12 World-leading Historians and published by Osprey Publishing
