Invasion '44

A history of the pivotal World War II invasion, from its planning to the landings on the fateful day and the days that followed. In the pre-dawn darkness of 6 June 1944, the greatest armada the world has ever seen began to disembark an Allied invasion force on the beaches of France's Normandy peninsula. Invasion'44 tells the story of that assault from the day over four years earlier, and only a few short weeks after the British disaster at Dunkirk, when a few individuals in the High Command began to turn their thoughts to the possibilities of an eventual return to the mainland, and the story continues up to the time when the Allied beach-head was firmly established on French soil. As the battle progresses, the reader is allowed to view each successive wave as it lands, follow the developing battle line inland, and keep an eye on the vital battles also developing on and beneath the seas off the Normandy peninsula and in the skies above it. Praise for Invasion '44"e;The author has provided a fine account of one of the greatest events in military history. He has carefully researched and graphically told an incredible story, producing what is the clearest and most comprehensive account on the dramatic landings."e; Firetrench