D-Day Dawn of Heroes (by Nigel Cawthorne)

• 2002 edition. 207 pages
• Publisher. Capella
• Softcover. Formaty B. B/w photos. Indexed
• Condition.  Very Good.

 

Richly illustrated, this volume tells the story of Operation Overlord: the largest and most meticulouslu planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare.

As dawn broke on June 6th, thousands of Allied soldiers - American,British, Canadian, Free-French and Polish - hit the Normandy beaches and stormed the German defences of the Atlantic Wall. By midnight, over 150,000 troops had been safely landed, and the long push towards Berlin and the final defeat of the the Third Reich had begun.