Stand where they fought: 150 battlefields of the 77-day Normandy Campaign - Softcover

Joyce, Carlton S

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9781570874956: Stand where they fought: 150 battlefields of the 77-day Normandy Campaign
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ISBN 10: 1570874956 ISBN 13: 9781570874956
Publisher: Battlefield Publishing House, 1999

Synopsis

This is the history and guide of the events in the 1944 American Normandy campaign battlefields. 150 battlesites are described accompanied by 40 maps and aerial photos. The chapters are grouped per the operational objectives allowing the reader and/or tourist to comprehend and follow through and visit the action sites per each objective. The battlesites chronicle the background strategy, the story of the battle, pinpoints the location, identifies the American and German units involved, the awards, today's evidence etc. The period covered is from D-day, June 6th, to the closing battles of the Falaise Pocket, August 21st. The Index allows the reader to search for a specific interest, the route of a division, regiment or battalion, atrocities, relics, airfields, cemeteries, museums, etc. The book memorializes the actions of the men and women who died and the veterans who survived this 77 day colossus campaign on these hallowed grounds in a foreign land.

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About the Author

Carlton Joyce, an application spectroscopist and executive, spent innumerable note-taking hours with participants of the battle for Normandy. Stimulated and supported by the late General Eisenhower, the author researched hand-written post battle reports in the military archives at Bonn, London, Ottawa, and Washington. Volume 1, the American Sector, will be followed shortly by Volume 2, the British/Canadian/Polish Sector. Volume 3, The Battlefields of the Bulge is in preparation. He has 12 technology publications, several patents and a to-be-published military fiction book, The Ghosts of '44. His extensive militaria collection includes a restored D-Day jeep to memorialize Brigadier General Teddy Roosevelt. Carlton is President of:Personalized Battlefield ItinerariesE-mail: ThePBIInc@aol.comwebsite: www.normandybattlefields.com

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Publisher
Battlefield Publishing House
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1570874956
ISBN 13 
9781570874956
Binding
Paperback
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