The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians Explore History's Greatest Amphibious Assault

Title Page......Page 2
Half Title......Page 4
Imprint......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 11
\"The Great Crusade\" Introduction......Page 14
\"Remember This is an Invasion\" Planning and Build-up......Page 24
\"The Great Shadow-Boxing Match\" Deception and Intelligence......Page 38
\"A Very Lofty Perch\" Allied High Command......Page 52
\"Throw Them Back\" German Planning and Command......Page 66
\"In the Air, on the Ground and in the Factories\" Air Power......Page 82
\"The Greatest Military Armada Ever Launched\" Operation Neptune......Page 94
\"A Visitor to Hell\" on the Beaches......Page 108
\"Blood Upon the Risers\" Airborne......Page 122
\"Their Road Will be Long and Hard\" the Push Inland......Page 144
\"With Unbelieving Eyes\" The German Experience......Page 162
\"Much the Greatest Thing We Have Ever Attempted\" Overlord and Beyond......Page 174
\"The Eyes of the World\" Commemoration and Memorial......Page 186
Endnotes......Page 197
Bibliography......Page 201
Index......Page 206