D-Day Normandy: The Story and the Photographs (America at War Series) (Paperback)

~ (Author), (Author), J. Michael Wenger (Author) "From the moment that President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) signed the declaration of war (1-1), something in the nature of Overlord was readily predictable..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review

D-Day Normandy is a superb commemoration of the greatest invasion in world history . . . an outstanding tribute to the valor of those who fought there. -- Sea Power, September 1994

The hundreds of photographs of the invasion and the people involved in it, both military and civilian, convey almost unbearable emotions and a tremendous amount of information about what happened at Normandy. -- New York Times, May 29, 1994

Product Description

This stunning commemorative volume, now re-issued in paperback, contains hundreds of German, American and Allied photographs, many never-before-seen by the general public and is the official 50th anniversary volume of the Battle of Normandy Foundation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: Potomac Books (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574880233
• ISBN-13: 978-1574880236
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,253,357 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words......, January 4, 2000

By	Mark A. Savage (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

Photos and more photos, that's what you have in this book. There must be a thousand of them, but I didn't count them.

This book takes the reader by the hand, in a bit of elementary school field trip fashion, and literally walks through Operation Overlord. The text is not over anyone's head, and always relates to the photos. The photos then tell the story, along with the captions which point out interesting, easy to overlook, details. It's almost like reading three books at once, the text, the photos, and the captions. But it's very educational and entertaining.

You'll see every form of naval lading craft ever used. Planes, guns, ships, you name it and they have a picture of it in this book. Allied personnel, and German personnel, all called "Antagonists", the title of the first chapter. There's even a great picture of General Patton inspecting a P-51, without a Helmet!

The book is wonderfully organized and laid out. It reads very quickly, despite all the bouncing around you'll do between pictures, captions, and text. Every photo is marked in the text at it's proper location. When the author talks about Churchill, then there is a note to look at the picture of Churchill. It's actually fun, if such a grave subject can be fun.

Read, or look at, this book. It's amazing how you'll begin to see the events, machines, people in a much clearer light. The massiveness of the event will become clear, and the images will tell you the story. If only all the D-Day photos were in one volume.....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collector's Item for any WWII "Buff"., April 21, 1998

By	Ed Thomas ([e-mail]) (Rolla, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Day Normandy: The Story and Photographs/Official 50th Anniversary Volume Battle of Normandy Foundation (Association of the U. S. Army Book Series) (Hardcover)

The book does a credible job of providing a history of the events and people that led up to the invasion, as well as the invasion itself. But its real strength is as a pictorial history and resource. In this arena it is unsurpassed!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars D-Day Normandy, January 23, 2004

By	Scott (Boise, Id) - See all my reviews

D-Day Normandy writen by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillion, and J. Michael Wenger is a great book for WWII buffs. It is more a fact based book than most novels. Which is alright because it has hundred of great pictures from the time. It also gives detaled information from what lead to Americans landing at Normandy. To D-Day its self and the machines used in that time. So I give this book two thumbs up.