D-Day: The American Battles

by John Antal (Editor), P.J. Putnam (Editor)

Normandy Campaign Overview. This 54-page document is the official U.S. Army overview of the D-Day operation. Launching the Tanks. The original after action report that tells the seldom heard story of the deployment of the special swimming DD Tanks on D-Day. The 101st Airborne Division in Normandy. This is the story of the elite Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division during the D-Day and Normandy operation. Illustrated. Amphibious Operations Northern France. This formerly SECRET document contains scan of the official ship-to-shore movement to Omaha Beach, including a description of the German defenses and an After Action Report with an hour-by-hour description of June 6, 1944 of the D-Day landing form the Naval Commander, Western Task Force. TOP General Eisenhower D-Day message sent D+2, June 8, 1944. The War Against Nazi The story of the fighting from the invasion of North Africa in 1942 to VE Day 1945.

145 pages, CD-ROM

Published February 13, 2006

About the author

Colonel John Antal, US Army (Retired)served 30 years in the US Army as a leader, senior staff officer and commander. He commanded tank and combined arms combat units at platoon, company, battalion and regimental level. He is Airborne and Ranger qualified. He has served in sensitive joint, combined Army staff assignments in the US and overseas. He also served as the Special Assistant to the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. Since his retirement from the US Army in 2003, he has become a successful author, speaker, magazine editor, film adviser and personality, mass-market video game developer, explainer-integrator, journalist, and leadership expert.