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| 1002 | EVANS, Martin Marix. D-Day and the Battle of Normandy 1944 (A Pitkin Guide with a Campaign Map). 29p., illus. Andover: Pitkin, 1994. ISBN: 1841651451.
Another small potted guide to the campaign, with a particular strength in museums, monuments and war memorials. |
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| 1003 | FARQUHARSON-ROBERTS, D. A. The Royal Marines and D-Day: Some Personal Reminiscences (Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publication, 15). 72p., illus. Portsmouth: Royal Marine Historical Society, 1994. Reminiscences of their role in the landings, coloured by time. A second revised edition was published in 2012, ISBN: 9781908123039. |
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| 1004 | FORD, Ken. Juno Beach (Battle Zone Normandy). 191p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2004. ISBN: 0750930071.
A detailed guide to the action on the Canadian beaches and to what traces of the action remain today. |
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| 1005 | FORD, Ken. Sword Beach (Battle Zone Normandy). 191p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2004. ISBN: 0750930195.
A detailed guide to the action on the British 3rd Division beaches and to what traces of the action remain today. |
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| 1006 | FOWLER, Will. D-Day: The First 24 Hours. 192p., illus., index. Staplehurst: Spellmount: Miami, FL; Lewis International, 2003. ISBN: 186227214X.
Covers the background, special operations and the action on each beach. Profusely illustrated. |
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| 1007 | GARDINER, Juliet. D-Day: Those Who Were There. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins & Brown, 1994. ISBN: 1855852047.
Oral history linked to a television series. Some naval material. |
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| 1008 | GLOVER, Denis. D Day. [16]p. Christchurch: Caxton, 1944.
Personal impressions of June 6, by the commander of a landing craft carrying commandos. |
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| 1009 | GOING, Chris & JONES, Alun. D-Day The Lost Evidence. 144p., bibliog., illus., index. Manchester: Crecy, 2004. ISBN: 0859790975.
Publishes the rediscovered aerial reconnaissance photos taken of the beaches on D-Day. |
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| 1010 | GOLDSTEIN, Donald M., DILLON, Katherine V., & WENGER, J. Michael. D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs. 180p., illus., index. Washington: Brassey, 1994. ISBN: 0028810570.
The official fiftieth-anniversary volume of the Battle of Normandy Foundation. |
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| 1011 | HALL, Tony. D-Day: The Invasion in Photographs. 64p., illus. London: Salamander, 1994. ISBN: 0861017544.
A general set of illustrations. |
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| 1012 | HALL, Tony, ed. D-Day: Operation Overlord, from Its Planning to the Liberation of Paris. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Barrie & Rockcliff, 1960.
A general account. Reprinted by Salamander in 1993 and in a new edition in 1999. |
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| 1013 | HARRISON, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack (United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations). xvii, 519p., illus., index. Washington: Department of the Army, 1951. The official American view of the planning and execution of the assault, up to the fall of Cherbourg on 1 July 1944. The Navy's supporting role is referred to. Reprinted numerous times. |
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| 1014 | HASTINGS, Max. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Europe. 392p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Joseph; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. ISBN: 0718123263.
A clear and concise account of the campaign. |
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| 1015 | HOLMAN, Gordon. Stand by to Beach! 223p. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1944.
A populist account of the preparations for and reality of D-Day. |
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| 1016 | HOLT, Tonie, & HOLT, Valmai. The Visitor's Guide to Normandy Landing Beaches Memorials and Museums. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. Ashbourne: Moorland; Edison, N.J.: Hunter, 1994.ISBN: 0861905032. A fiftieth anniversary volume, which is well-illustrated and usefully describes the terrain. A revised edition was published in 1999, which includes new monuments erected to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the landings. It was published by Leo Cooper and more simply entitled Normandy Landing Beaches (ISBN: 0850526620). A 75th Anniversary edition was then published by Pen & Sword in 2019 entitled Major & Mrs Holt’s Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches (ISBN: 9781526757906).
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| 1017 | HOWARTH, David. Dawn of D-Day. 255p., illus. London: Collins; New York: McGraw Hill, 1959. D-Day as seen by 30 participants from civilians to generals, and all woven into a general account. Some naval interest. US title: D-Day, the Sixth of June. Reprinted by Chivers in 1984 and again reprinted by Greenhill in 2004 with the new sub-title, These Men Were There - 6 June 1944. This was in turn reprinted by Frontline in 2015. |
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| 1018 | HUGILL, J. A. C. The Hazard Mesh. 128p. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1946.
A personal record of the Invasion of Normandy from June to September 1944, by an officer who landed from an LCT on intelligence- gathering work with 30 Intelligence Assault Unit. |
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| 1019 | HUNTER, R. H., & BROWN, T. H. C. Battle Coast: An Illustrated History of D-Day, the Sixth of June. 142p., bibliog., illus., index. Bourne End: Spur Books, 1973. ISBN; 0902875248.
One chapter is devoted to the naval preparations and they also form an essential backdrop to most of the other chapters. |
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| 1020 | JACKSON, W. G. F. Overlord: Normandy 1944 (The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War). 250p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Davis-Poynter, 1978; Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1980. ISBN: 0706702174.
Very much background reading to the choice of place and date for the invasion. |
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| 1021 | JARVIS, Robert B. Chariots of the Lake: A Tribute to the Gallant Men Who Trained with Secret Amphibious Duplex Drive Tanks on Fritton Lake and Achieved Great Success on D-Day and in the Battle to Liberate Nazi-occupied Europe During the Second World War. 131p., bibliog., illus., index. Lowestoft: Heritage Workshop Centre, 2003. ISBN: 1904413048.
A well illustrated account of an important and novel element of the landings. |
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