D-Day Operations Manual: 'Neptune', 'Overlord' and the Battle of Normandy - 75th Anniversary Edition: Insights into how science, technology and engineering made the Normandy invasion possible

Falconer, Jonathan; Watson CBE, Major General Stuart

ISBN 10: 1785216554 / ISBN 13: 9781785216558

Published by Haynes Publishing UK, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: D-Day Operations Manual: 'Neptune', 'Overlord' and the Battle of Normandy - 75th Anniversary Edition: Insights into how science, technology and engineering made the Normandy invasion possible
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785216554
• ISBN 13: 9781785216558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The landing of Allied forces on the shores of Normandy on 6 June 1944 was the greatest amphibious invasion in history. Technology and innovation played crucial parts in the D-Day drama – from tank-carrying gliders, swimming tanks and the Mulberry harbors, to radio and radar aids that ensured landing craft arrived on the right beaches and combat aircraft overhead were controlled. D-Day Operations Manual describes the development, construction and use of a wide range of innovative machines, structures and systems, explaining their uses on D-Day and after, and revealing how they contributed to the success of 'Overlord.'

About the Author

Jonathan Falconer is the author of more than 35 books on aspects of aviation and military history, including the Haynes Handley Page Halifax Manual, Short Stirling Manual, D-Day Operations Manual, and co-author (with Brian Rivas) of the de Havilland Mosquito Manual.  He was commissioning editor of the 14-volume Battle Zone Normandy series in 2004 for Sutton Publishing, and is now a senior commissioning editor with Haynes. He lives in Wiltshire.