D-Day: The First 24 Hours

by Fowler, Will

• ISBN13: 9781930983229
• ISBN10: 1930983220
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Lewis Intl Inc

Summary

In any military operation throughout history, few 24-hour periods have been as crucial as that of June 6 of 1944. Nearly 7000 ships landed over 132,000 US, British and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in the biggest amphibious landing ever attempted. During that first day the allied forces were at their most vulnerable to German counterattack. Had the landings failed, the course of the war would have been altered. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, D-Day The First 24 Hours narrates the dramatic history of the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings, and explains in detail the events that occurred in each landing zone. With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid color photographs, and specially commissioned maps of the landing areas and combat zones, D-Day The First 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the first 24 hours of the liberation of Europe.

Table of Contents

The Road to Operation Overlord	6	(24)
Intelligence and Resistance	30	(16)
Logistics and Technology	46	(30)
Special Operations	76	(18)
H-Hour	94	(20)
Utah Beach	114	(14)
Omaha Beach	128	(18)
Gold Beach	146	(10)
Juno Beach	156	(10)
Sword Beach	166
The Price	78	(110)
D-Day Order of Battle	188	(2)
Index	190