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Author | : Stephen Darlow |
Publisher | : Bounty Books |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2007-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780753715284 |
This is largely an eye-witness account of the heavy bomber contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and therefore to the winning of the war in Europe. It is told using considerable first-hand experience from the veterans of the campaign.
Author | : Stephen Darlow |
Publisher | : Grub Street Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : France |
ISBN | : 9781904010791 |
This book is largely an eye-witness account of the heavy bomber contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and therefore to the winning of the war in Europe. It is told using considerable first-hand experience from the veterans of the campaign, something not really covered in any other books on the subject, together with background information from primary source documents on the tactics and strategy employed. Eight different aircrews, five RAF and three USAAF, tell widely differing stories of operations before, during and after D-Day. Their vivid and dramatic accounts are supplemented by numerous contributions from other aircrew and ground crew veterans, army personnel and French civilians, which have been carefully gathered by Stephen Darlow from interviews with veterans and their relatives, through correspondence and contemporary diaries. Certain raids have been selected and described in detail and there are numerous previously unpublished photographs. As Winston Churchill wrote: '...This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this island but in every land, who still render faithful service in the war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded...' Here is their story, sixty years on.
Author | : Stephen Darlow |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0811706427 |
Eyewitness accounts of heavy bombers on D-Day. Rarely told story of what happened above the beaches. Detailed descriptions of various bombing runs.
Author | : Bruce Bliven, Jr. |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781402745218 |
Presents the story of the battle on the coast of Normandy in June, 1944, which was the turning point of World War II.
Author | : Doug Murray |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2006-12-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781404274303 |
In graphic novel format, describes the events that happened when the Allies retook Normandy on July 5, 1994, thus turning the tide in World War Two.
Author | : Stephen E. Ambrose |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 595 |
Release | : 2013-04-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439126305 |
Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history. D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Distinguished historian Stephen E. Ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism, fear and determination—what Eisenhower called “the fury of an aroused democracy”—that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom Hitler had disparaged. Drawing on more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion had to be abandoned, and how enlisted men and junior officers acted on their own initiative when they realized that nothing was as they were told it would be. The action begins at midnight, June 5/6, when the first British and American airborne troops jumped into France. It ends at midnight June 6/7. Focusing on those pivotal twenty-four hours, it moves from the level of Supreme Commander to that of a French child, from General Omar Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Field Marshal Montgomery to a German sergeant. Ambrose’s D-Day is the finest account of one of our history’s most important days.
Author | : Stephen Bourque |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2022-07-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472847245 |
An illustrated study of the little-known history of the failed Allied bombing campaign designed to shatter German defenses on D-Day. D-Day is one of the most written-about events in military history. One aspect of the invasion, however, continues to be ignored: the massive pre-assault bombardment by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF), reinforced by RAF Bomber Command and the US Eighth Air Force on June 6 which sought to neutralize the German defenses along the Atlantic Wall. Unfortunately, this failed series of attacks resulted in death or injury to hundreds of soldiers, and killed many French civilians. Despite an initial successful attack performed by the Allied forces, the most crucial phase of the operation, which was the assault from the Eighth Air Force against the defenses along the Calvados coast, was disastrous. The bombers missed almost all of their targets, inflicting little damage to the German defenses, which resulted in a high number of casualties among the Allied infantry. The primary cause of this failure was that planners at Eighth Air Force Headquarters had changed aircraft drop times at the last moment, to prevent casualties amongst the landing forces, without notifying either Eisenhower or Doolittle. This book examines this generally overlooked event in detail, answering several fundamental questions: What was the AEAF supposed to accomplish along the Atlantic Wall on D-Day and why did it not achieve its bombardment objectives? Offering a new perspective on a little-known air campaign, it is packed with illustrations, maps and diagrams exploring in detail the features and ramifications of this mission.
Author | : Edward C. Kramer |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2010-05-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1453502645 |
I have been an advocate for WWII veterans recording their experiences for future generations for many years. I believe generations to come need to know what cost and sacrifice these men and women endured to protect our country and world. They sacrificed years of their lives and many gave their lives for our country. Most veterans look back on their experiences in the military as building blocks for the rest of their lives. I believe that each veteran is a library, and when that veteran is gone, it is like the library is burned.
Author | : Steve Darlow |
Publisher | : David & Charles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-04-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780715327821 |
From 1943 to 1945, the Allied bombing offensive escalated to unprecedented levels. This title presents an account of this battle in the skies over Europe, from the perspective of the men who undertook the highly dangerous job of flying the bombers.|From 1943 to 1945, the Allied bombing offensive escalated to unprecedented levels. "Special Op: Bomber" is an action-packed account of this battle in the skies over Europe, from the perspective of the men who undertook the highly dangerous job of flying the bombers.Throughout the unrelenting and destructive air campaign there were certain vital operations that required the airmen of the RAF and the USAAF to take their skills to new levels, and to display courage above and beyond the call of duty. "Special Op: Bomber" draws upon a wealth of these courageous veterans' stories, many of them previously unpublished.The vivid firsthand accounts convey the peril of Allied air combat in World War II with breathtaking immediacy.
Author | : John C. McManus |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2004-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780765307439 |
Presents a history of the American involvement in the D-Day invasion, with historical analysis and eyewitness accounts of American soldiers and leaders.