Cover art for D-Day: The First 72 Hours
Published
History Press, June 2024
ISBN
9781803996929
Format
Softcover
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm

D-Day: The First 72 Hours

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The Allied invasion of occupied France began with the delivery of three airborne and six infantry divisions onto a 60-mile stretch of the Normandy coast. Accomplishing this involved over 1,200 transport aircraft, 450 gliders, 325 assorted warships and over 4,000 landing vessels.

Operation Overlord, as the invasion was code-named, remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. This books tells the story hour-by-hour as it unfurled on the beaches, as experienced by the Allied troops. D-Day: The First 72 Hours covers the initial attacks made by airborne and special forces until the point where all the beachheads were secured. AUTHOR; William F Buckingham completed his PhD on the establishment and initial development of British Airborne Forces in 2001. His other books include Arnhem 1944 also published by Tempus. He lives near Glasgow. 6 b/w illustrations

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