Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic: Supporting the Allied Advance

by Trevor Stone

The largely sea-borne invasion of Northern France in June 1944, Operation Overlord, is acknowledged as one of the key actions which hastened the end of the Second World War. The RAF played a vital part in the landings. It then supported the subsequent advance of Montgomery's 21st Army, and the Allies as a whole, through France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany.

Following the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead in early August 1944, the RAF's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399010816
• ISBN13: 9781399010818
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Air World
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"