Hughes’ battlefield guide book, published in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, is an exceptionally good example of the genre. It is packed with information, yet clear and concise. Hughes has done a great service for those readers who will be visiting Normandy for years to come. Gareth Hughes’ Visiting the Normandy…
We’ve tried to allocate all war movies and series about D-Day and the Battles in Normandy in 1944 (Operation Overlord) during World War 2. Should the list be uncomplete, please contact us. Band of Brothers (2001) [ Episode 1 / 2 / 3 ]They depended on each other. And the world depended on them. War,…
The author, Gilberto Villahermosa, does a great job of detailing the II Corp’s intense and focused fighting in Normandy as the allies pushed them south and east. During this period of the war the II Parachute Corps did not have an effective replacement program, had no consistent air cover, and often did not have the…
Fancying Casemate’s “Summer Blend of Fascinating Reads”: a .30 caliber machine gunner with God atop is shoulder; learning the true identities of “Catch-22’s” satiric caricatures; and how to advocate for America’s veterans FLINGING HISTORY TO THE WINDS AND GIVING FREE PLAY TO BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL IMAGINATIONS Readers must not be confused into believing the…
Book Review of Major and Mrs. Holt’s Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches (75th Anniversary Edition with GPS References). Pen & Sword Books. Major and Mrs. Holt’s battlefield guide earns its of definitive. The guidebook covers six separate itineraries with mileage and time estimates, over 400 colored photographs and 21 itinerary maps…
Richard Hargreaves’ thorough analysis of the German defense of Normandy through the summer of 1944 provides “the other side of the story” for readers who based their understanding of the campaign on memoirs and studies presented from the Allied point of view. The Germans in Normandy is a detailed, yet highly readable account of the…
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers whose elimination will obstruct the German military’s ability to respond to D-Day by disrupting the chain of command. Film Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili also known as Hell…
Nathan G. Slater was born in December of 1924 to Aaron and Ella Jane Slater. He was the 5th of 10 children (7 boys, 3 girls). His father, Aaron, was a blaster and a water well driller. His mother, Ella, was a home maker. Nathan and four of his brother (Kenny, Roy, Russell and Aaron) served in…
The wreckage of a Ju-88 purported to have been shot down by the Canadian Spitfires of Johnny Johnson’s Wing lies not far from airstrip B-7 at Matragny, Normandy. The two French farmers are plaiting straw to bind clover bundles.
A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, 17 June 1944. Left to right: Trooper Arthur Nelson, Trooper William Leonard and Sergeant A Gordon.
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