D DAY: BATTLE FOR NORMANDY

The Normandy landings that took place on D-Day involved the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was awesome. The landings were followed by some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. This book describes the tactical manoeuvres of this part of the war with attention to human details.