D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Copyright Holder | Ambrose-Tubbs, Inc. |
| Designed by | Edith Fowler |
| Maps | Anita Karl, James Kemp |
| About/Subject | D-Day, World War II |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1994 |
| Pages / Font | 655 pages |
| ISBN | 0-684-80137-X |
| Barcode | 9780684801377 |
| EAN 5 | 51700 |
| Other | 06951700 |
| Chapters | Prologue 19 1 The Defenders 27 2 The Attackers 39 3 The Commanders 58 4 Where and When? 71 5 Utilizing Assets 90 6 Planning and Preparing 107 7 Training 130 8 Marshaling and Briefing 151 9 Loading 166 10 Decision to Go 178 11 Cracking the Atlantic Wall 196 The Airborne into Normandy 12 “Let’s Get Those Bastards” 225 The Airborne Night Attack 13 “The Greatest Show Ever Staged” 239 The Air Bombardment 14 A Long, Endless Column of Ships 254 The Naval Crossing and Bombardment 15 “We’ll Start the War from Right Here” 275 The 4th Division at Utah Beach 16 “Nous Restons Ici” 294 The Airborne in the Cotentin 17 Visitors to Hell 320 The 116th Regiment at Omaha 18 Utter Chaos Reigned 346 The 16th Regiment at Omaha 19 Traffic Jam 361 Tanks, Artillery, and Engineers at Omaha 20 “I Am a Destroyer Man” 381 The Navy at Omaha Beach 21 ”Will You Tell Me How We Did This?” 398 The 2nd Ranger Battalion on D-Day Morning 22 Up the Bluff at Vierville 418 The 116th Regiment and 5th Ranger Battalion 23 Catastrophe Contained 434 Easy Red Sector, Omaha Beach 24 Struggle for the High Ground 451 Vierville, St.-Laurent, and Colleville 25 “It Was Just Fantastic” 472 Afternoon on Omaha Beach 26 The World Holds Its Breath 486 D-Day on the Home Fronts 27 “Fairly Stuffed with Gadgets” 509 The British Opening Moves 28 “Everything Was Well Ordered” 519 The 50th Division at Gold Beach 29 Payback 531 The Canadians at Juno Beach 30 “An Unforgettable Sight” 549 The British at Sword Beach 31 “My God, We’ve Done It” 567 The British Airborne on D-Day 32 “When Can Their Glory Fade?” 576 The End of the Day Glossary 585 Endnotes 587 Bibliography 613 Appendix A: Veterans who contributed oral histories or written memoirs to the Eisenhower Center 617 Index 633 Maps The Final Overlord Invasion Plan 78 German Strength in Western Europe 87 Landing Diagram, Omaha Beach 122 Utah Beach Airborne Assault on D-Day 208 The Allied Assault Routes on D-Day 255 Utah Beach Infantry Assault on D-Day 288 Omaha Beach First Wave Landings on D-Day 332 Omaha Beach Eastern Sector 441 Omaha Beach Evening of D-Day 464 |
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