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Saint-Mère-Eglise, Pointe du Hoc, Ouistreham, Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Arromanches... so many names which entered into history on the 6th on June 1944 to remain forever engraved in our memories. On that very day, after four long years of occupation, the Allies set foot on French soil and engaged, via operation Overlord, in the final battle against the Nazi Tyranny.
The first step towards the liberation of Western Europe, the Normandy landings will always remain one of the most momentous events of the Second World War. Today, commemorative stelae and monuments, Atlantic Wall bunkers, vestiges of the artificial harbours and military cemeteries all remind us of the great magnitude of the operations that took place during the summer of 1944 and of their capital importance.
This fully illustrated guide, including period documents and colour photograhs, offers an insight, sector by sector, place by place, not only of the legendary D-Day landing sites, but also of less familiar locations. It is enhanced by original maps, a series of "close-up" views offering detailed explanations, "at a glance" pages devoted to specific towns or sites and a map of the many museums open to the inquiring visitor.
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Landing Beaches: Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, Sword, Utah, Juno, Gold, Pegasus
2008, OREP
in English
2915762708 9782915762709
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"Dunkirk, early June 1940. An unbelievable noria of ships of every imaginable size managed to evacuate the nearly 350,000 British and French soldiers who were trapped in a narrow pocket on the North Sea coast following the lightning German offensive that had been launched three weeks previously."
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From Dunkirk to the Normandy Beaches | 4 | |
Utah Beach | 16 | |
Omaha Beach | 36 | |
La Pinte du Hoc | 54 | |
Gold Beach/Arromanches | 52 | |
Juno Beach | 80 | |
Sword Beach | 94 | |
Between the Orne and the Dives | 116 |
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