Best Beaches In Normandy - April 2024

The Germans in Normandy

This account of the D-Day invasion—from the German point of view—includes maps and photos.   The Allied invasion of Northern France was the greatest combined operation in the history of warfare. Up until now, it has been recorded from the attackers’ point of view—whereas the defenders’ angle has been largely ignored.   While the Germans knew an invasion was inevitable, no one knew where or when it would fall. Those manning Hitler’s mighty Atlantic Wall may have felt secure in their bunkers, but they had no conception of the fury and fire that was about to break. After the initial... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BCOW254
• ASIN: B00BCOW254
• Manufacturer: Pen & Sword Military

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose’s iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army.They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak—in Holland and the Ardennes—Easy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world.From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of this rem... [Read More]

• ASIN: B000FBJG04
• ASIN: B000FBJG04
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Longest Day

• ASIN: B000UKYFFQ
• ASIN: B000UKYFFQ

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose’s iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army.They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak—in Holland and the Ardennes—Easy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world.From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of this rem... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0743216385
• ASIN: 0743216385
• ISBN: 0743216385
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II.In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on the Normandy beaches, and ends at 0245 hours, May 7, 1945, with the allied victory. It is biography of the US Army in the European Theater of Operations, and Ambrose again follows the individual characters... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0684848015
• ASIN: 0684848015
• ISBN: 0684848015
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (The Liberation Trilogy Book 3)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War IIIt is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now, in The Guns at Last Light, he tells the most dramatic story of all—the titanic battle for Western Europe.D-D... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009LRWHQI
• ASIN: B009LRWHQI
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy (Stackpole Military History Series)

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division-the 29th-during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lô. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811732371
• UPC: 011557032376
• ASIN: 0811732371
• ISBN: 0811732371
• Manufacturer: Stackpole Books

Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day, The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe (Zenith Graphic Histories)

Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore. The Germans made every effort to push them back into the sea. This book depicts the such key events in the Allied liberation of Europe as: 1. Construction of the Mulberry Harbors, two giant artificial harbors built in England and floated across the English Channel so that troops, vehicles, an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0760343926
• UPC: 752748343924
• ASIN: 0760343926
• ISBN: 0760343926
• Brand: Brand: Zenith Press
• Manufacturer: Zenith Press

Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944

Companion volume to the critically acclaimed Omaha Beach A brilliantly researched and engagingly written comprehensive history of this momentous World War II battle that includes many never before published firsthand accounts by the men who were there Features a series of detailed maps allowing the reader unparalleled insight into the minute-by-minute combat on Utah Beach, plus comprehensive lists of all Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross winners at Utah Beach, and much more In this much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed Omaha Beach, historian Joseph Balkoski chronicles the am... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811701441
• ASIN: 0811701441
• ISBN: 0811701441
• Brand: Brand: Stackpole Books
• Manufacturer: Stackpole Books

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

• ASIN: 0671890913
• ASIN: 0671890913
• ISBN: 0671890913
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944

"Balkoski's depiction of 'Bloody Omaha' is the literary accompaniment to the white-knuckle Omaha Beach scene that opens Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan." -- John Hillen, New York Post"Balkoski is sometimes referred to as the finest living D-Day historian. For my money, the title fits. Anyone who wants to know anything about Omaha Beach, where the fighting was heaviest and bloodiest, must begin with this foundational book by a true maestro of original history. The research is unparalleled and comprehensive enough to satisfy even the most skeptical scholar, yet the story is absorbing. The... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811733769
• UPC: 011557033762
• ASIN: 0811733769
• ISBN: 9780811733762
• Brand: Stackpole Books
• Manufacturer: Stackpole Books

D-Day: The Price of Freedom

• ASIN: B01CKMNZT8
• ASIN: B01CKMNZT8

The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost--it is a story one cannot easily forget and one that the families of Bedford will never forget. The Bedford Boys is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind. B... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0306813556
• ASIN: 0306813556
• ISBN: 0306813556
• Brand: Kershaw, Alex
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

The Unlikely Spy

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva’s celebrated debut novel, The Unlikely Spy, is “A ROLLER-COASTER WORLD WAR II ADVENTURE that conjures up memories of the best of Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth” (The Orlando Sentinel).“In wartime,” Winston Churchill wrote, “truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” For Britain’s counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable—a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor. T... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451209303
• ASIN: 0451209303
• ISBN: 0451209303
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Spearheading D-Day: American Special Units in Normandy

The invasion of Normandy is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated military events of the 20th century. However, many of the smaller units that played important roles have been forgotten or ignored, with the result that many unconfirmed or erroneous myths about the American landings have been repeated in popular books. In "Spearheading D-Day," military historian Jonathan Gawne examines the US landings at Omaha and Utah with an eye to what other writers have ignored. Utilizing the original military records and extensive veteran interviews, this book covers such diverse topics as how the invasio... [Read More]

• ASIN: 2352502012
• ASIN: 2352502012
• ISBN: 2352502012
• Brand: Casemate Publishers
• Manufacturer: Casemate Publishers

Citizen Soldiers : The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Draws on interviews with enlisted men to examine the last year of the war in

• UPC: 375003
• Rating: 4.476

Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches - eBook

Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area, universally known as ‘THE BIBLE’, this is the sixth, completely revised, up-to-date, much expanded edition of the DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE D-DAY NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES.The third in

• UPC: 648557994
• Rating: 4.0

The Americans at Normandy : The Summer of 1944--The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise

In this succeeding volume to The Americans at D-Day, McManus does the same for the Battle of Normandy as a whole. Never before has the American involvement in Normandy been examined so thoroughly or exclusively

• UPC: 3902253

The Best Kept Secret In Normandy - eBook

Ceci travels to France with her gorgeous and adventurous friend Tammy. When the ladies are invited to a royal ball that the most glamorous people in the world will attend, Ceci goes in search of

• UPC: 669127870

The Normandy Battlefields: Bocage and Breakout : From the Beaches to the Falaise Gap

"The Normandy Battlefields details what can be seen on the ground today using a mixture of media to provide a complete overview of the campaign. Maps old and new highlight what has survived and what

• UPC: 55643479

Biking Normandy: The Invasion Beaches - eBook

Biking Normandy: The Invasion Beaches, The Best Book Ever About Cycling Normandy. The Steve Says Cycling Series version 1.0. Come take a bike ride through the history of D-Day: the Omaha and Utah invasion beaches,

• UPC: 445215370

Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition] - eBook

Includes numerous maps and illustrations.This monograph provides first-hand accounts of Destroyer Squadron 18 during this critical battle upon which so much of the success of our campaign in Europe would depend. Their experience at Omaha

• UPC: 311623397

D-Day 1944 - Air Power Over The Normandy Beaches And Beyond [Illustrated Edition] - eBook

Includes over 12 photos and maps of the Overlord OperationsOperation Overlord, the Normandy invasion-like William the Conqueror's before it or the Inchon landing afterwards-will long be studied as a classic in military planning, logistics, and

• UPC: 343609252

Omaha Beach : Normandy 1944

The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past. It shows how much infastructure has remained and points to the passing nature of things such

• UPC: 54975831

Force Mulberry - The Planning and Installation of Artificial Harbor Off U.S. Normandy Beaches in World War II - eBook

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the

• UPC: 484182041