D-Day Remembered
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D-Day Remembered
D-Day Remembered
Including rare material from the Imperial War Museums archive, this graphic account of the planning and execution of the D-Day landings and campaign commemorates the 80th anniversary of this "Day of Days".
Endorsed by the IWM, this new edition includes rare memorabilia from their archives, as well as painstakingly researched documents from the archives of D-Day museums in Normandy.
80th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Produced in collaboration with Imperial War Museums
Relive the day that changed the course of history. On 6 June 1944, D-Day marked the beginning of a campaign that involved more than a million men and helped seal the fate of Hitler's Germany.
Written by esteemed military historian Richard Holmes and including rare documents, diaries, and secret memos from the archives of the Imperial War Museums, D-Day Remembered details the planning, execution, and aftermath of the most momentous event of the Second World War.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781802798548
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Welbeck
Illustration: 200 clr and b&w photos
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 286.0mm
Weight: 1510g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Professor Richard Holmes was one of the UK's leading military historians. As well as being the General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History, he presented several documentary series for the BBC. His books included The Napoleonic Wars Experience, as well as Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front, Wellington: The Iron Duke and Red Coat. He died in 2011.
IWM (Imperial War Museums) is a leading authority on conflict and its impact, from the First World War to the present. A family of five museums, IWM illustrates and records all aspects of modern war and of the individual's experience of it, whether allied or enemy, service or civilian, military or political, social or cultural.Also by Richard Holmes
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