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“People of Western Europe. A Landing was made this morning on the coast of France…” With these simple-yet memorable-words, General Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, announced to the world on June 6, 1944 that the Allies had begun Operation “Overlord” to liberate Europe.Now, 50 years later, After the Battle presents the full story: from its inception, planning and preparation through its launch on D-Day and the days that followed, as told by the commanders whose responsibility it was.Many of the hundreds of ‘then and now’ photographs have been taken exactly 50 years later – sometimes to the precise minute – from when the original events took place, creating a unique two-volume record of the greatest combined military, naval and air operation of all time.Contents Volume 1:PRELUDE – General George C. Marshall OPERATION ‘OVERLORD’ – General Dwight D. Eisenhower SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARYFORCE – Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith GERMAN DEFENSES – Oberst Bodo Zimmerman ULTRA – Major Ralph Bennett COMMAND DECISIONS – Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur W. Tedder PLANS AND PREPARATIONS – General Sir Bernard Montgomery AIR OPERATIONS FOR D-DAY – Air Chief Marshall Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory OK, LET’S GO? – General Dwight D. Eisenhower OPERATION ‘NEPTUNE’ – Admiral Sir Bertram H. Ramsay 6th AIRBORNE DIVISION – Major General Richard Gale SPECIAL DUTY OPERATIONS – Brigadier Roderick McLeod D-DAY’S FIRST FATAL CASUALTY – Father Alberic Stacpoole 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION – Major General Matthew B. Ridgway 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION – Major General Maxwell D. Taylor8 1/2″ x 12, Hardcover, 320 Pages, Over 800 Illustrations
