D-Day, 1944

SUBTITLED : ` Voices from Normandy; The acknowledgements pages at the opening of this 252 page volume are broken down into thanks by country - e.g. France and Germany. LEARN more about : Grenadier Regiments, Le Hamel, Canadian Scottish Rifles, Sallenelles, Merville Bsattery, Colonel Otway, Parachute Battalion, River Dives, and Lieutenant Lofts RE. A b/w map, ahead of page one, shows the geographic setting. Other maps as well. INDEX at back. Cond : Boards are carmine red with gilt lettering at spine. White (off-white) end-papers. D.J. (UNclipped) is buff coloured with a red panel on the spine. D.J. cover is an amalgam of WWII images. Volume in ALL senses is clean and square and bright. No names nor marks. Decidedly giftable !! QUote (p. 127) : " He then walked up and down the foreshore, waving his stick, cheering his men ashore, regardless of the machine-gun and artillery fire now beginning to sweep the beach. The 1st Battalion of the ._._._. . ".