Under cover of darkness, Allied swimmers slipped ashore on Omaha Beach armed with drills, knives, and nerves of steel, boring ...
"Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called ...
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the biggest amphibious landing operation the world has ever seen - Operation Neptune. In all five sectors allied troops, despite the element of surprise, sustained ...