The D-Day companion : leading historians explore history's greatest amphibious assault / editor, Jane Penrose.

Contributor(s): Penrose, JaneMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Osprey, c2004Description: 288 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cmISBN: 1841767794Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- NormandyDDC classification: 940.5421421 LOC classification: D756.5.N6 | D29 2004
Contents:
1. "The great crusade" / Professor Samuel J. Newland -- 2. "Remember this is an invasion" - Planning and build-up / Dr. Duncan Anderson -- 3. "The great shadow-boxing match" - Deception and intelligence / Dr. Christina J. M. Goulter -- 4. "A very lofty perch" - Allied high command / Dr. Stephen A. Hart -- 5. "Throw them back" - German planning and command / Professor Dennis Showalter -- 6. "In the air, on the ground, and in the factories" - Air power / Professor Williamson Murray -- 7. "The greatest military armada ever launched" - Operation NEPTUNE / Dr. Andrew Gordon -- 8. "A visitor to hell" - On the beaches / Professor Williamson Murray -- 9. "Blood upon the risers" - Airborne / Professor Allan R. Millett -- 10. "Their road will be long and hard" - The push inland / Ronald J. Drez -- 11. "With unbelieving eyes" - The German experience / Professor Russell Hart -- 12. "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" - OVERLORD and beyond / Dr. David I. Hall -- 13. "The eyes of the world" - Commemoration and memorial / Carlo D'Este.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279) and index.

1. "The great crusade" / Professor Samuel J. Newland -- 2. "Remember this is an invasion" - Planning and build-up / Dr. Duncan Anderson -- 3. "The great shadow-boxing match" - Deception and intelligence / Dr. Christina J. M. Goulter -- 4. "A very lofty perch" - Allied high command / Dr. Stephen A. Hart -- 5. "Throw them back" - German planning and command / Professor Dennis Showalter -- 6. "In the air, on the ground, and in the factories" - Air power / Professor Williamson Murray -- 7. "The greatest military armada ever launched" - Operation NEPTUNE / Dr. Andrew Gordon -- 8. "A visitor to hell" - On the beaches / Professor Williamson Murray -- 9. "Blood upon the risers" - Airborne / Professor Allan R. Millett -- 10. "Their road will be long and hard" - The push inland / Ronald J. Drez -- 11. "With unbelieving eyes" - The German experience / Professor Russell Hart -- 12. "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" - OVERLORD and beyond / Dr. David I. Hall -- 13. "The eyes of the world" - Commemoration and memorial / Carlo D'Este.

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