Following the hugely successful “Invasion Journal Pictorial”, the first volume in the Memorial Album Collection, with sales of 60,000 copies since 1983, this new “Memorial” follows the campaign of the 1st US Army, step by step, from 7 June to 22 August 1944, from the beaches to the Falaise pocket, the battles for Cherbourg and Saint-Lô, and the breakout at Avranches. A fantastic guide to the battle with present day color photos for comparison with black and white photos from the period
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Georges Bernage
EAN: 9782840481911
COUNTRY: France
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Editions Heimdal
DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-10-19
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GENRE: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
WIDTH: 305 cm
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Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, c 1940 to c 1949, Battles and campaigns, European history, Modern warfare, Second World War
The historian Georges Bernage is one of France's premier experts on the 1944 Normandy Invasion. He has published over forty books on the subject since 1978.