D-Day

Auteur

Dr. Stephen Hart is a senior lecturer at the Department of War Studies, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He has written many books on military history topics, including Road to Falaise, Military Atlas of Tank Warfare, German Weapons of World War II and Technical Guide: Russian Tanks of World War II.

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D-Day provides a photographic exploration of this monumental military and political event that helped bring about the end of Nazi Germany's four-year occupation of Europe. The book is divided into chapters covering the first days of the landings on the five beaches: Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword; separate chapters cover the airborne landings of the famous American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the British 6th Airborne, as well as the crucial help of French Resistance fighters in providing intelligence and disrupting German communications and supply lines.

Résumé
The events of 6 June 1944 changed history. D-Day provides a photographic exploration of this monumental military and political event that helped bring about the end of Nazi Germany's four-year occupation of Europe.