D-Day 1944 - Air Power Over The Normandy Beaches And Beyond [Illustrated Edition]

Includes over 12 photos and maps of the Overlord Operations
Operation Overlord, the Normandy invasion-like William the Conqueror's before it or the Inchon landing afterwards-will long be studied as a classic in military planning, logistics, and operations. OVERLORD depended to a remarkable degree upon the use of air power in virtually all its forms. A half-century ago, aircraft were primitive vehicles of war compared to the modern attackers of the Gulf War era, with their precision weapons...