Author: Alexandre, Thers; Thers, Alexandre
Publisher: Histoire & Collections
Year: 2004
ISBN: 2915239363
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description: New book, 35 pages. This new Mini-Guide offers a feast of information, photographs, graphics, maps, uniforms and equipment - all in full color - as well as monuments, museums, and other related sites you can visit. In the first few days of June 1944, the Allies began launching one of the most decisive operations of the Second World War: a massive landing on the Normandy coastline. Victory or defeat on the coast of France would decide the outcome of the war. It was therefore crucial for the Wehrmacht to throw the Allies back into the sea within the first 24 hours.