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PublisherImperial War Museum

ISBN-101912423049

ISBN-139781912423040

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038553869

Product Key Features

Book TitleD-Day and Normandy : a Visual History

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Naval, Europe / France, Modern / 20th Century, Military / General

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorAnthony Richards

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width8.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsRare photos and historians' painstaking detective work map out [the] reality of how the Allies launched the world's biggest ever military op . . . . The shots, published chronologically for the first time ever, have brought to life one of the key turning points of the Second World War., Incredible photos reveal how D-Day unfolded hour-by-hour 75 years ago . . . . astonishing colour photographs . . . . The collected snaps vividly show the timeline of one of the most crucial military victories for the Allies in the Second World War.

Dewey Decimal940.542142

SynopsisPublished to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019, this book tells the story of the historic landings and the battle for Normandy using documents, art and photographs from the archives at IWM. It will feature first-hand accounts of the action, giving a vivid account of what was one of the most significant campaigns of the Second World War., In the hours before dawn on June 6, 1944, an unprecedented assemblage of men, weapons, and machines swung into action. The long-awaited, highly secret D-Day invasion had begun. By the end of the day, the mission to liberate Europe had made its most crucial advance. This richly illustrated account draws on the unparalleled collections of the Imperial War Museums to reconstruct the invasion and its aftermath through images of artifacts, documents, period photographs, and art. Eyewitness accounts put the reader in the middle of the action, reminding us that even with all the careful planning and firepower the Allies were able to muster, the outcome of the invasion was far from certain. Recreating the drama and danger of D-Day, this book is a perfect commemoration of a day that changed the world., In the hours before dawn on June 6, 1944, an unprecedented assemblage of men, weapons, and machines swung into action. The long-awaited, highly secret D-Day invasion had begun. By the end of the day, the mission to liberate Europe had made its most crucial advance. This book marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of D-Day through a richly illustrated account of the invasion and its aftermath. Drawing on the unparalleled collections of IWM, it reconstructs the historic landings and the subsequent battle for a foothold in Normandy through images of artifacts, documents, period photographs, and art. Interviews, firsthand accounts, and film stills put the reader right into the action, reminding us that even with all the careful planning and firepower the Allies were able to muster, the outcome of the invasion was far from certain. Re-creating the drama and danger of D-Day, this book will be the perfect commemoration of a day that truly changed the world.

LC Classification NumberD756.5.N6