The Americans on D-Day and in Normandy: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

by Brooke S. Blades

The experiences and achievements of the United States land sea and air forces on 6 June 1944 and the weeks following have been deservedly well chronicled. Omaha Beach saw the fiercest fighting of the whole OVERLORD invasion and the opposition faced in the US sector shocked commanders and men at all levels. The outcome was in the balance and thanks to the courage and determination shown by the attackers game-changing failure was narrowly averted. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526743965
• ISBN13: 9781526743961
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.6"