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The Allied landings in France on 6 June 1944 were a turning point in world history. This book is a compilation of 200 images relating to all aspects of D-Day and the Normandy landings, beginning with the years of planning and preparations, all conducted in great secrecy. Next the focus is on the naval and air force operations, the airborne landings, and the British, American and Canadian forces who came ashore on 6 June. The book also covers the months of hard fighting during the Battle of Normandy, and through to the end of the war. Using the extensive archives of the Portsmouth D-Day Museum, this is a moving and unique record of a momentous time.
5th June, 2019 in Military
On 6 June 1944, 168,000 Allied troops stormed ashore on the beaches of Normandy to begin the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe, supported by 12,000 aircraft and nearly 7,000 ships. The invasion plan, initially codenamed Overlord and then designated Neptune and a dozen other subo…
11th April, 2017 in Local & Family History, Military
Exercise Tiger was the code name for one in a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Slapton’s unspoiled beach of gravel, fronting a shallow freshwater ley and backed by grassy lands seemed pe…
15th December, 2015 in Military
In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 20,000 British and American airborne soldiers descended by parachute and glider in the areas of Ranville and St Mère & Église in Normandy. Employing 1,200 transport aircraft and 188 gliders, this was the largest airborne landing executed to…
14th December, 2015 in Biography & Memoir, Military
Middlesbrough-born Stanley Hollis, the only man to win a Victoria Cross (VC) on D-Day, should have been the most famous soldier of World War II – but his natural modesty got in the way! The superb soldier and leader of men, who was uniquely recommended twice for the VC in bl…
