160 pages : 27 cm

An account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign that effectively destroyed the German forces in France and opened the way for the Allied advance

Index of maps -- The planning -- The leaders -- German forces & defences -- Deception & intelligence -- The Resistance & SOE -- Pegasus Bridge -- British Airbourne assault -- US Airbourne assault -- Utah Beach -- Pointe Du Hoc -- Omaha Beach -- Gold Beach -- Juno Beach -- Sword Beach -- Villers-Bocage -- Pluto & Mulberry -- Operation Epsom -- Bocage fighting & Cherbourg -- Operation Charnwood -- Medics -- Battle for St-Lô -- Operation Goodwood -- Operation Cobra -- Operation Lü̈ttich -- Tactical air support -- Operations Totalize & Tractable -- The Falaise Pocket -- The liberation of Paris

Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index

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