Atlas of the Normandy Campaign: Maps and Aerial Photographs of D-Day to the Falaise Pocket

by Michael Bechthold

Viewing the battlefield from the air dates back to the American Civil War when balloons allowed observation from above. The technique was refined and improved over the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 with the introduction of cameras but aerial reconnaissance really came into its own during the Second World War. Detailed and comprehensive aerial photography provided intelligence that was vital to the prosecution of the war. It eliminated some of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526740583
• ISBN13: 9781526740588
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 264 Pages