Firing on Fortress Europe: HMS Belfast at D-Day

by Nick Hewitt

Book Overview

As D-Day unfolded on June 6, 1944, one of the ships supporting the invasion was the HMS Belfast, a Royal Navy light cruiser. Now a popular floating museum on the Thames, the Belfast played an important part not just in the events of that day, but in the longer Battle for Normandy. This book uses firsthand accounts from the rich collections of the Imperial War Museums to tell the story of the planning of and build-up to D-Day, the action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904897576
• ISBN13: 9781904897576
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Imperial War Museums
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.3"