"D-Day, 6 June 1944, saw the largest amphibious landing operation in history. From ports and harbors and the southern coast of England, an armada of troopships and landing craft launched the Allied assault on the mainland of Europe. Stephen Badsey provides a concise account of t…
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A discovery "as marvelous as it was unexpected" / Mathilde Avisseau-Broustet, Cecile Colonna, and Kenneth Lapatin -- Gaul at the time of the Berthouville sanctuary / Isabelle Fauduet -- Heroes, lions, and vandals: four late Roman missoria / Ruth Leader-Newby -- The hidden lives …
A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: the Norman Conquest.
"The first dramatic chronicling of Canada's pivotal role throughout the entire Normandy Campaign following the D-Day landings. On July 4, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division won the village of Carpiquet but not the adjacent airfield. Instead of a speedy victory, the men fac…
"The infamous SS Das Reich Division was resting in Montauban, South West France when the Allies invaded Normandy in June 1944. When ordered to rush north, they ran into a series of French Resistance, SAS and SOE delaying actions. This ruthless Division reacted violently and thei…
