2088131
9781566565554
A Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy covers the period from June to August 1944 when the allies stormed ashore, fought their way through the bocage country of Normandy, and eventually broke out through the Avranches gap. Contemporary eyewitness accounts are woven into the fabric of this book, which has an immediacy and vividness that marks a departure in guidebooks. Includes comprehensive information about major battles and battlefields, memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statues, how to get there and what to see, then-and-now photgraphs and maps.Shilleto, Carl is the author of 'Traveler's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy', published 2004 under ISBN 9781566565554 and ISBN 1566565553.
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