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D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west--the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy--a campaign that, in terms of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I--come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others.
For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength--delivered with operational brilliance--made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian,Normandy 44offers important new perspective on one of historys most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Holland is an award-winning historian, writer and broadcaster. The author of a number of bestselling histories, including Battle of Britain , Dam Busters , Burma 44 and, most recently, Big Week , he has also written nine works of historical fiction, including the Jack Tanner novels.

He is currently writing an acclaimed three-volume new history of the Second World War, The War in the West . He has presented and written many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, History and Discovery Channels.

He is also co-founder of the Chalke Valley History Festival and of WarGen.org, an online Second World War resource site, and presents the Chalke Valley History Hit podcast. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he also has a weekly podcast with Al Murray, We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Al Murray and James Holland talk World War II . He can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @James 1940.

For more photographs, please visit www.griffonmerlin.com/normandy44

Also by James Holland

Non-fiction

FORTRESS MALTA

TOGETHER WE STAND

HEROES

ITALYS SORROW

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

DAM BUSTERS

AN ENGLISHMAN AT WAR

BURMA 44

RAF 100: The Official Story

BIG WEEK

THE WAR IN THE WEST

Volume I: Germany Ascendant 19391941

THE WAR IN THE WEST

Volume II: The Allies Fight Back 19411943

Ladybird Experts

BLITZKRIEG

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

THE DESERT WAR

THE EASTERN FRONT 194143

Fiction

THE BURNING BLUE

A PAIR OF SILVER WINGS

THE ODIN MISSION

DARKEST HOUR

BLOOD OF HONOUR

HELLFIRE

DEVILS PACT

DUTY CALLS: DUNKIRK

DUTY CALLS: BATTLE OF BRITAIN

For more information on James Holland and his books, see his website at www.griffonmerlin.com

For Bill Scott-Kerr

List of Maps

The Pre-invasion Phase Lines Allied Bombing Targets in Northern France Before D-Day D-Day Air Dispositions Order of Battle OB West D-Day US Airborne Drop Patterns The British Airborne Battlefield D-Day Assault on Omaha Beach D-Day Assault on the British and Canadian Beaches D-Day British and Canadian Beaches at Midnight The Allied Front, 10 June Allied Bridgehead, 13 June The Capture of Cherbourg, 2330 June Operation EPSOM, 25 June1 July Operation CHARNWOOD, 79 July Attacks in the Odon Valley, 1018 July The Battle for Saint-L, 1118 July Operation GOODWOOD, 1821 July Operation COBRA, 2531 July The Normandy Front, 31 July Operation BLUECOAT, 29 July6 August The Breakout, 113 August Operation LTTICH, 79 August Operation TOTALIZE, 711 August The Falaise Pocket and the Corridor of Death, 1320 August The Drive to the German Border, 26 August10 September

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A LLIED UNITS

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NORMANDY 44 - image 3 Infantry division

NORMANDY 44 - image 4 Parachute division

NORMANDY 44 - image 5 Armoured division

G ERMAN UNITS

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NORMANDY 44 - image 7 Infantry division

NORMANDY 44 - image 8 Fallschirmjger (paratrooper) division

NORMANDY 44 - image 9 Panzer division

NORMANDY 44 - image 10 Panzergrenadier division

NORMANDY 44 - image 11 Artillery division

S TANDARD MILITARY SYMBOLS

I = Company

II = Battalion

III = Regiment

X = Brigade

XX = Division

XXX = Corps

XXXX = Army

XXXXX = Army group

Aerial photo Gold Beach - photo 12

Aerial photo: Gold Beach.

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Troops of the 6th Airborne Division meet up with Commandos in Bnouville - photo 16

Troops of the 6th Airborne Division meet up with Commandos in Bnouville - photo 17

Troops of the 6th Airborne Division meet up with Commandos in Bnouville - photo 18

Troops of the 6th Airborne Division meet up with Commandos in Bnouville - photo 19

Troops of the 6th Airborne Division meet up with Commandos in Bnouville.

Canadians landing at Juno Beach - photo 20

Canadians landing at Juno Beach - photo 21

Canadians landing at Juno Beach US Army Rangers coming ashore at Point - photo 22

Canadians landing at Juno Beach US Army Rangers coming ashore at - photo 23

Canadians landing at Juno Beach.

US Army Rangers coming ashore at Pointe du Hoc British troops advancin - photo 24

US Army Rangers coming ashore at Pointe du Hoc British troops - photo 25

US Army Rangers coming ashore at Pointe du Hoc.

British troops advancing Shermans assembling for Operation EPSOM - photo 26

British troops advancing Shermans assembling for Operation EPSOM - photo 27

British troops advancing.

Shermans assembling for Operation EPSOM - photo 28

Shermans assembling for Operation EPSOM - photo 29

Shermans assembling for Operation EPSOM.

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The Battle for Saint-L a Sherman Firefly and crew before Operation GOODWOOD - photo 31

The Battle for Saint-L a Sherman Firefly and crew before Operation GOODWOOD - photo 32

The Battle for Saint-L a Sherman Firefly and crew before Operation GOODWOOD - photo 33

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