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Allied
allies
amphibious landings
armada
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battle
beaches
British pride history
Caen
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Category=JWLF
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Cobra offensive
conflict
craft
defeat
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France
French
Germans
illustrated
legendary
mainland Europe
maps
second world war 2 II
Seine
strategy
tactic
troopships
V VE Day
victory
Western theatre
winning the war
Product details
- ISBN 9780850459210
- Weight: 357g
- Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jan 1990
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A concise, illustrated account of one of the most famous offensives in European history.
D-Day, 6 June 1944, saw the largest amphibious landing operation in history. From ports and harbours on the southern coast of England, an armada of troopships and landing craft launched the Allied return to mainland Europe. Stephen Badsey provides a concise account of the Normandy campaign, from the fiercely contested landings, to the struggle to capture Caen, the 'Cobra' offensive and the dramatic pursuit of the Germans to the River Seine.
This was the crucial campaign of the Western theatre: after the Battle of Normandy the only question was how soon the war would end, not who would win it.
Stephen Badsey is a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst who is highly respected in his field. He has written about subjects as diverse as Hitler, war correspondents in the Crimea and modern fighter aircraft. His expert knowledge and passion for his subject are clearly demonstrated in this fascinating look at the Allied landings in Normandy.
