D-Day: The Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944 : the First 24 Hours |
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
The Road to Operation Overlord | 10 |
Intelligence and Resistance | 30 |
Copyright | |
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101st Airborne Division 1st Battalion 21st Panzer Division 2nd Battalion airborne forces aircraft Allied planners American amphibious anti-tank gun Armoured Army Group Artillery Regiment ashore assault Atlantic Wall attack AVRE battery bombardment bombers bombs bridges Brigade Britain British bunkers Caen Calais Canadian captured casemates casualties Channel coast coastal command Corps Cotentin Peninsula crew D-Day DD tanks defences Divisional DUKW east Eisenhower emplacements enemy engineers equipment fighters fighting fire flak France French front German glider Grenadier Regiment headquarters Hitler Infantry Division Infantry Regiment inland invasion June Juno landing craft Lt Gen M4 Shermans machine gun miles minefields mortar moved naval Navy Normandy obstacles officer Omaha beach operations Orne Ouistreham Parachute paratroopers Pegasus Bridge position radio Rangers reconnaissance Resistance rifle Rommel ships shore soldiers staff Sword beach troops USAAF Utah beach vehicles Vierville weapons Widerstandsnesten wounded