DAWN OF D-DAY: These Men Were There, 6 June 1944

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Weaves together the testimony of hundreds of eyewitnesses to produce an account of the greatest amphibious landing ever attempted. Based on interviews with survivors and accounts by participants, including American paratroopers, British engineers, French civilians, and German soldiers. Looks not only at the famous incidents but at the full range of D-Day experiences, relating the running battles between parachutists and Germans in the Norman countryside, the torment of being under fire for the first time, the agony on the invasion beaches, the shock of the German defenders, and all the confusion, elation, and horror of battle. Contains 16 pages of black and white plates.