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D Day Then & Now Boxed Set

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Years ago, I bought both D-Day volumes separately. It is great to see that they are now offered as a box set. Not only is there a significant savings in buying the box set, it also allows you to obtain both books at the same time.

D-DAY: THEN AND NOW upholds the tradition of the After the Battle THEN AND NOW series. The photo analysis and comparision with contemporary views are fantastic. Each photo, or series of photos, includes detailed captions.

If Cornelius Ryan's THE LONGEST DAY is already in your collection, this set of comprehensive battlefield studies should be your second purchase. I only wish these volumes had been available when I toured the Normandy beaches in 1994. Now is your opportunity to get both books at once.

Certainly not an historical document breaking new theories but extremely well organized, fully documented, and great labeled photos. Great organizational and detailed view on D Day.Detailed and accurate study.

This two-hardcover-book set is a very high-quality and comprehensive history of the `Overlord' operation told by a number of informed contributors and edited together by Winston Ramsay. The planning and execution of this enormous operation is told in great detail and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, often contrasting the same location in June 1944 with a more contemporary picture from a similar view-angle.

In total the two large volumes contain some 730 pages and more than 1,800 photographs around which the text is arranged. The narratives unfold more or less chronologically and by location, in an easy-to-follow style which covers all aspects of the operation from the command and control, the meticulous planning, the experiences recounted by veterans of individual units, the equipment and the engagements between the opposing forces.

Photographic imagery dominates: the editor has obviously invested a huge amount of work and time into the selection and arrangement of all this material. If you are interested in learning more than a lightweight overview of this most important event in 20th century history which ultimately determined the shape of the global geopolitical map between 1945 and 1990, then it would be difficult to beat for sheer accuracy and detail. For any student of the military history of WW2, this set would be more or less indispensable. It's pricey, but you get a lot for your money, and a quality publication to own.