D-Day: Then and Now

by Winston G. Ramsey

"People of Western Europe. A landing was made this morning on the coast of France..."With these simple — yet memorable — words, General Eisenhower, the Supreme ­Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, announced to the world on June 6, 1944 that the Allies had begun Operation ‘Overlord’ to liberate Europe.Now, 50 years later, After the Battle ­presents the full from its inception, planning and preparation through to its launch on D-Day and the days that followed, as told by the commanders whose responsibility it was.Many of the hundreds of ‘then and now’ photographs have been taken exactly 50 years later — sometimes to the precise minute — from when the original events took place, creating a unique two-volume record of the greatest combined military, naval and air operation of all time.

Genres: History, Military History

320 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Adrian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent read in the; "After the Battle publications" Then and Now series of books.

I would recommend this book to any World War Two historian
with a interest in the planning and execution of Operation
Overlord and D-Day. This is volume 1 of 2.

A must read!