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| 1022 | KEENEY, L. Douglas, & BUTLER, William S. Day of Destiny: The Photographs of D-Day. 128p., illus. New York: Quill, 1998. ISBN: 0688168825.
A collection of pictures from US combat photographers. Gives a good impression of the sheer scale of the armada. |
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| 1023 | KERSHAW, Robert J. D-Day: Piercing the Atlantic Wall. 254p., bibliog., illus., index. Shepperton: Ian Allan; Annapolis: NIP, 1994. ISBN: 0711021767.
This collection of German and Allied eyewitness accounts presents insights into the failures and successes of both sides and shows why the battle for Normandy was such a long and bitter struggle. |
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| 1024 | LEWIS, Adrian R. Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory. Xiii, 382p., bibliog., illus., index. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. ISBN: 080782609X.
An excellent account which shows strategic as well as tactical failures. |
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| 1025 | LIDDLE, Peter. D-Day By Those Who Were There. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2004. ISBN: 1844150798.
Yet more personal anecdotes of the D-Day experience. Of marginal naval interest. |
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| 1026 | LIPSCOMB, Frank. W. D-Day Story. 57, [iii]p., illus. Southsea: Matthews, [1965]. A brief but fact-filled account of the planning and execution of the operation, with notes on Portsmouth Cathedral - the invasion church. |
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| 1027 | McELWEE, William. The Battle of D-Day. 132p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Faber, 1965.
A basic general introduction to the planning and implementation of the assault, with only the briefest mention of the naval phase. |
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| 1028 | MAN, John. The Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. 143p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Viking, 1994. ISBN: 0670856177.
Excellent maps and a good concise account of the landings. |
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| 1029 | MARRIN, Albert. Overlord: D-Day and the Invasion of Europe. 177p. New York: Athenaeum, 1982. ISBN: 0689309317.
A rerun of well-worn ground. |
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| 1030 | MELVILLE, Alan. First Tide: D-Day Invasion, June 6th 1944. 140p. London: Skeffington, [1945].
A RAF PR man and radio reporter’s view of the landings and the following months. Gives a good if brief account of embarkation and crossing on an LST. |
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| 1031 | MICHIE, Allan A. The Invasion of Europe: The Story behind D-Day. [xx], 204p., illus., index. London: Allen & Unwin, 1965. A journalist and former war correspondent gives his view of the background and build-up to the D-Day landings. |
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| 1032 | MILLER, Russell. Nothing Less than Victory: An Oral History of D-Day. xvi, 496p., bibliog., illus, index. London: Joseph, 1993. ISBN: 0718133285.
From letters, diaries, reports, and interviews, those who were there are allowed to explain what happened without embellishment. |
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| 1033 | NEILLANDS, Robin, & NORMANN, Roderick de. D-Day, 1944: Voices from Normandy. xv, 252p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993. ISBN: 0297812513.
Uses the words of the participants to give a good feel for the various elements which made up the invasion. |
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| 1034 | PAINE, Lauran. D-Day. 210p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1981. ISBN: 0709188609.
The planning and execution of the landing is discussed in the light of the latest research. |
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| 1035 | RAYMOND, Robert. From Bees to Buzz-Bombs: Robert Raymond's Boyhood-to-Blitz Memoirs. [iv], 354p., illus. St Lucia, Qd.: University of Queensland Press, 1992. ISBN: 0702224499.
Describes his boyhood in Queensland, his adolescence in England and his time as a Fleet Street journalist and war correspondent. A large section is devoted to D-Day. |
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| 1036 | REEMAN, Douglas. D-Day 6th June 1944. 13p.,illus. London: Arrow, 1984. ISBN: 0099364107.
A personal reminiscence of the day by a well-known author, then Number One on an MTB. Accompanied by a wall chart for the fortieth anniversary of the landings. |
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| 1037 | ROGERS, Joseph & ROGERS, David. D-Day Beach Force. 205p., bibliog., illus., index. Spellmount: Stroud, 2012. ISBN: 9780752463308.
Describes the work of the British Beach Groups which managed the logistics of the beaches from moving stores from ship to shore to creating dumps, recovering vehicles and repatriating casualties and POWs. |
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| 1038 | RYAN, Cornelius. The Longest Day: June 6, 1944. 256p., illus. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959; London: Gollancz, 1960. ISBN: 0575007613. Concentrates on D-Day itself and on the experiences of numerous individuals, built up to give a composite account of the landings and the reaction to them. Reprinted by the Folio Society in 2019 with a new introduction by Michael Shapiro. A further edition to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day was also published in 2019 by Andre Deutsch including 120 illustrations and facsimile documents from the author’s papers, ISBN: 0233005854. |
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| 1039 | SAWYER, John. D-Day. 160p., bibliog. London: Landsborough, 1960.
A brief workmanlike paperback account of the landings. |
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| 1040 | SCARFE, Norman. Assault Division: A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany. 288p., illus. London: Collins, 1947. Not entirely relevant, but gives a good account of the preparations for D-Day and the exercises leading up to it. Reprinted by Spellmount in 2006 (ISBN: 1862273383). |
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| 1041 | SHAW, Frank, & SHAW, Joan. We Remember D-Day. xiv, 290p., illus. Loughborough: Echo, 1994. ISBN: 1872779018.
Dozens of anecdotes of the day from all ranks and all services. Notably well-illustrated. |
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