Operation Overlord
6 June 1944 – the date that marked the beginning of the end of the war in north-west Europe and the day on which the liberation of France began.
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the invasion was the largest, most complex amphibious landing ever undertaken which, by the following spring, would lead to the ultimate defeat of Germany.
The story of D-Day and the battle for Normandy:
6 June 1944: the date that marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. This outstanding book takes you through the pre-invasion preparation, the landings themselves, and the battle for Normandy.
OVERLORD re-lives the story of D-Day from the pre-invasion preparations through to the landings themselves and the subsequent battle for control of Normandy, all beautifully illustrated through an unparalleled collection of paintings, drawings and maps.
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EXCLUSIVE VETERAN-SIGNED BOOKPLATE
Presented in a special embossed slipcase, we have a handful of copies that include a rare and very exclusive bookplate which is personally autographed by a well-known Normandy veteran:
- Staff Sergeant JIM WALLWORK DFM
Pilot of the first Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of D-Day. This was later described as ‘the greatest feat of flying of the second world war’ by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force. The impact of landing his glider catapulted both Jim and his co-pilot John Ainsworth through the front of the cockpit, thus making them the first Allied troops on French soil on D-Day.
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D-DAY: THE INVASION MAP
Shortly after midnight in the early hours of 6 June 1944, three Allied airborne divisions began landing in Normandy. Their task was to secure the flanks for the mighty American, British and Canadian armies to storm ashore on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified enemy shoreline.
This superb map depicts details of the first day of this heroic operation. It illustrates the Allied armies involved and the beaches on which they landed; what their first day objectives were, and how close or far they came to achieving their goals.
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