Acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' masterly account of the D-Day landings in 1944, as the Allies battled to take control of Normandy from the German army.
Acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' masterly account of the D-Day landings in 1944, as the Allies battled to take control of Normandy from the German army.
Section i: List of Maps Section ii: List of Illustrations Section iii: Foreward Section iv: Prologue Chapter 1: 'Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted' Chapter 2: Preperations: Commanders; Airmen; Invaders; Defenders Chapter 3: To the Far Shore: The overture; The American beaches; The British beaches; Inland Chapter 4: The British Before Caen: Closing the lines; Villers Bocage; EPSOM Chapter 5: The Americans Before Chebourg: The bocage; The battle for Chebourg Chapter 6: The German Army: Stemming the Tide: Soldiers; Weapons Chapter 7: The Battlefield: From the beachhead to the front; Casualties Chapter 8: Crisis of Confidence: The fall of Caen; GOODWOOD Chapter 9: The Breakout: COBRA; The limits of air power Chapter 10: The Open Flank Chapter 11: The Road to Falaise Chapter 12: The Gap Section v: Appendix A: Chronology of the Normandy Campaign Section vi: Appendix B: Allied Order of Battle Section vii: Appendix C: Forces available in ETO for Operation OVERLORD, D Day, 6 June 1944 Section viii: Appendix D: German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy Section ix: Appendix E: Some British administrative statistics Section x: Bibliography and a note on sources Section xi: Notes and references Section xii: Glossary Acknowledgements xiii: Acknowledgements Index xiv: Index
Section i: List of Maps Section ii: List of Illustrations Section iii: Foreward Section iv: Prologue Chapter 1: 'Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted' Chapter 2: Preperations: Commanders; Airmen; Invaders; Defenders Chapter 3: To the Far Shore: The overture; The American beaches; The British beaches; Inland Chapter 4: The British Before Caen: Closing the lines; Villers Bocage; EPSOM Chapter 5: The Americans Before Chebourg: The bocage; The battle for Chebourg Chapter 6: The German Army: Stemming the Tide: Soldiers; Weapons Chapter 7: The Battlefield: From the beachhead to the front; Casualties Chapter 8: Crisis of Confidence: The fall of Caen; GOODWOOD Chapter 9: The Breakout: COBRA; The limits of air power Chapter 10: The Open Flank Chapter 11: The Road to Falaise Chapter 12: The Gap Section v: Appendix A: Chronology of the Normandy Campaign Section vi: Appendix B: Allied Order of Battle Section vii: Appendix C: Forces available in ETO for Operation OVERLORD, D Day, 6 June 1944 Section viii: Appendix D: German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy Section ix: Appendix E: Some British administrative statistics Section x: Bibliography and a note on sources Section xi: Notes and references Section xii: Glossary Acknowledgements xiii: Acknowledgements Index xiv: Index
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