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| 962 | BREUER, William B. Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of the South of France. 253p., bibliog., illus., index. Novato, Calif.: Presidio, 1987; Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1988. ISBN: 1853100102.
Essentially a military history, full of the doings of individuals. |
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| 963 | BREUER, William B. Sea Wolf: A Biography of John D. Bulkeley, USN. x, 318p., illus. Novato, Calif.: Presidio, 1989. ISBN: 0891413359.
The biography of a US Admiral who played a prominent part in Dragoon. |
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| 964 | ROBICHON, J. The Second D-Day. x, 314p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Barker, 1969. ISBN: 0213177951. The first full account in English of the landings in the South of France in 1944. Originally published in French in Paris in 1963. |
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| 965 | TUCKER-JONES, Anthony. Operation DRAGOON: The Liberation of Southern France 1944. xi, 212 p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2009. ISBN: 184884140X.
Places the invasion in its wider context and notes the revival of French forces. |
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| 966 | WILSON, H. Maitland. Report by the Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Southern France, August 1944. 48p. London: HMSO, 1946.
The official account of the background, planning, and landings. |
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| 967 | EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945 .x, 149p., illus. London: HMSO, 1946.
Has good coverage of naval mattes at the strategic level. |
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| 968 | ELLIS, Lionel F. Victory in the West (History of the Second World War. UK Military Series). 2 vols., illus., index. London: HMSO, 1962-68.
How Germany was finally defeated. RN involvement in the Normandy landings and the Walcheren attack are the major naval events covered. An excellent account. The volumes are entitled The Battle for Normandy and The Defeat of Germany respectively. They were reprinted by the Imperial War Museum in 1996 with source notes. |
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| 969 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Defence (Navy). Naval Historical Branch. Invasion Europe. 3 vols. plus 2 folders of plans. London: HMSO, 1994. ISBN: 0117726591.
The battle histories prepared soon after the event for official use and covering the landings in the South of France, D-Day and the campaign in North-West Europe. Excellent basic material. |
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| 970 | STACEY, C.P. The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe 1944-1945 (Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume III). xiii,770p., bibliog., illus., index. Ottawa: Queen's Printer,1960. The final volume of the trilogy which makes up the official history. Gives due coverage to naval involvement. |
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| 971 | WILLMOTT, H. P. June 1944. 244p., illus., index. Poole: Blandford; New York: Sterling, 1984. ISBN: 0713714468.
A well-illustrated attempt to look at all theaters of war and to place the invasion of France into the larger picture. |
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| 972 | D-Day 50 Years On. 192p., illus. London: Tri-Service Publications, 1994.
A commemorative handbook with useful essays by major historians on each of the Allied services involved and on each beach and each aspect of the assault. Also includes a section on Britain's Armed Forces today. |
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| 973 | Overlord - 1944: A Symposium on the Normandy Landings (Bracknell paper no. 5). [vi, 120p., illus. Cosford: Royal Air Force Historical Society, 1995. ISBN: 0951982435.
A useful set of background information which focuses on the air contribution to the landings. |
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| 974 | AIRTH, Graham Robertson. HMLST 302: Diary: D-Day Period, 30th May-8th August 1944. 92p., illus. Dorchester: Patricia J. Airth, 2005.
The diary of an RNVR officer which covers the period from June to August 1944. Graham boarded an LST at Gosport on the 1st June, and by the 10th was seeing action at Juno beach.. |
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| 975 | AMBROSE, Stephen. D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II. 656p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN: 0671713590.
A quite excellent and gripping account of the invasion, based on some 1400 oral histories. Particularly good on the airborne landings, but with some naval value. |
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| 976 | ARMY TIMES. D-Day: The Greatest Invasion. 192p., illus., index. New York: Putnam, 1969.
A highly coloured but well-illustrated American account of the landings, with only marginal naval interest. |
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| 977 | ASTOR, Gerald. June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day. xii, 371p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: St. Martin's, 1994. ISBN: 0312110146.
Over extensive use of personal reminiscence and a taste for the lurid make this one of the weaker fiftieth anniversary offerings. |
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| 978 | BADSEY, Stephen. Utah Beach (Battle Zone Normandy). 191p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2004. ISBN: 0750930136.
A battlefield guide with a good account of the action. |
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| 979 | BADSEY, Stephen & BEAN, Tim. Omaha Beach (Battle Zone Normandy). 191p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2004. ISBN: 9780750930178.
A good brief account of the landings. |
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| 980 | BAILEY, Roderick. Forgotten Voices of D-Day. xiv, 401p., illus., index. London: Ebury, 2009. ISBN: 9780091930110.
Another of the volumes of short anecdotes collected by the Imperial War Museum which describes the planning and execution of the invasion. |
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| 981 | BARRIS, Ted. JUNO: Canadians at D-Day June 6, 1944. xxii, 311p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Thomas Allen, 2004. ISBN: 0887621333.
Views D-Day through Canadian eyes. An accomplished popular account enlivened with tales from all services. |
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