Proposed Airborne Assaults During Operation Overlord: Cancelled Allied Plans in Normandy and Brittany

by James Daly

Using new research and drawing on original planning documents, James Daly explores a little-known aspect of the Allies' landings in France in the summer of 1944.

The airborne landings on D-Day played a major part in the success of the largest amphibious operation ever mounted. Yet just over three months later Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation ever attempted, failed to take all its objectives. It is notable,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399037439
• ISBN13: 9781399037433
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"