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| 982 | BASTABLE, Jonathon. Voices From D-Day. 320p., bibliog., illus., index. Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 2004. ISBN: 0715317903. Eyewitness accounts from letters and diaries form the backbone of the book. Some marginal naval interest. Reprinted in a new edition in 2011, but without illustrations, as Tales from the Front Line: D-Day (ISBN: 071533915X). |
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| 983 | BEEVOR, Antony. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy. xv, 592p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Viking, 2009. ISBN: 067088703X.
Probably the best modern account of the invasion, focusing on the landings but taking the account through to the liberation of Paris. |
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| 984 | BENAMOU, Jean-Pierre. The Landing Beaches. 32p., illus. Bayeux: Editions Heimdal, 1982. ISBN: 2902171102.
A short factual account describing the action and what survives. |
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| 985 | BERN AGE, Georges. The D-Day Landing Beaches: The Guide. 96p., bibliog., illus. Bayeux: Heimdal, 2001. ISBN: 2840481375.
A good brief well-illustrated reference guide. |
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| 986 | BLANDFORD, Edmund. Two Sides of the Beach: The Invasion and Defence of Europe in 1944. [vi], 266p.,bibliog., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1999.ISBN: 1840370742.
A history of the Normandy campaign as seen through the eyes of participants from privates to generals. Has a fair smattering of naval material. |
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| 987 | BOUSSEL, Patrice. D-Day Beaches Pocket Guide. 223p., illus. London: Macdonald, 1965.
A battlefield tour, full of incidental information. First published in Paris in the previous year. |
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| 988 | BOWMAN, Martin W. Remembering D-Day: Personal Histories of Everyday Heroes. 192p, illus. London: HarperCollins in association with the Imperial War Museum, 2004. ISBN: 0007175663.
A profusely illustrated stream of anecdotes organised by each of the drop zones and beach sectors. |
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| 989 | CARELL, Paul. Invasion - They're coming: The German Account of the Allied Landings and the 80 Days Battle for France. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Harrap; New York: Dutton, 1962.
Only passing mention is made of the naval side of D-Day. |
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| 990 | CARTER, W. B. D-Day Landings: A British Crew Landing American Forces on Normandy Beach Heads. 31p., illus. Swavesey: Silent Books, 1993. ISBN: 1851830553.
Contemporary photographs taken by the author, then a Sub-lieutenant in an LCT to illustrate a brief tale of 13 landings made in 10 days before the LCT was a constructive total loss. |
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| 991 | CAWTHORNE, Nigel. Fighting Them on the Beaches: The D-Day Landings June 6, 1944. 239p., bibliog., index. Slough: Arcturus, 2002. ISBN: 0572028393.
A reasonable account which concentrates on the day itself. Reissued in 2007 as D-Day: Dawn of Heroes. ISBN: 1841937509. |
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| 992 | CHANDLER, David G., & COLLINS, James Lawton. The D-Day Encyclopaedia. li, 665p., bibliog., illus, index. Oxford: Helicon; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN: 0132036215.
One hundred fifty contributors from a dozen countries, including several well-known naval historians make this a useful if not exhaustive reference work. The illustrations are of poor quality. |
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| 993 | CHICKEN, Stephen. Overlord Coastline: A History of D-Day with Special Emphasis on What Can Be Seen Today. xix, 104p., bibliog., illus. Staplehurst: Spellmount; New York: Hippocrene, 1993. ISBN: 0781802741.
A bunker-by-bunker account of the defences and their fate. |
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| 994 | COLLIER, Richard. D-Day June 6, 1944: The Normandy Landings. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell; Abbeville: Collins, 1992. ISBN: 0304341754. Aims to be a “modern Bayeux Tapestry stitched together from the words and memories of those who took part.” A good coffee-book retelling of well-worn ground. Reprinted in 2002 as D-Day 06.06.1944 (ISBN: 9780297843467). |
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| 995 | COMPAGNON, Jean. The Normandy Landings. 32p., illus. Rennes: Ouest France, 1979. ISBN: 285882195X.
Compagnon was a staff officer to General Leclerc. This brief account is notable for its modern images of the battlefield. |
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| 996 | COOPER, John St. J. Invasion! The D-Day Story, June 6, 1944. [122p]., illus. London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1954.
A heavily illustrated and patriotic account of the invasion to mark its tenth anniversary. Reprinted by Express Newspapers in 1984. |
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| 997 | DESQUESNES, Remy. Normandy 1944: The Invasion, the Battle, Everyday Life. 237p., illus. Caen: Editions d'Ouest/ Memorial de Caen, 1993. ISBN: 2737312876.
An extremely well-produced photo essay covering preparation, the landings, and the June battles. |
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| 998 | D'ESTE, Carlo. Decision in Normandy. 555p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; New York: Dutton, 1983. ISBN: 0002170566.
An account of how two years of intense, detailed planning reached its successful conclusion when the Allied forces took the beaches of Normandy on D Day. |
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| 999 | DOHERTY, Richard. Normandy 1944: The Road to Victory. xvi, 335p., bibliog., illus., index. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2004. ISBN: 1862272247.
A good account with a particularly strong emphasis on the planning. |
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| 1000 | EISENHOWER FOUNDATION. D-Day: The Normandy Invasion in Retrospect. xiii, 254p., bibliog., illus., index. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1971. ISBN: 0700600736. A series of essays which includes one by Admiral Rüge on German naval reaction to the invasion and another by an official American historian on various aspects of the Allied naval effort. |
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| 1001 | EVANS, David. A Guide to the Beaches and Battlefields of Normandy. xviii, 187p., illus., index. London: Joseph, 1994. ISBN: 0718138007.
Organised as a gazetteer for the visitor. Lots of snippets of information but little of naval interest. |
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