D-Day Diary: Life on the Front Line in the Second World War

by Carol Harris Carol

Overview

6 June 1944 is one of the most memorable dates of the Second World War. It marked the beginning of the end of the conflict as Allied forces invaded Normandy and fought their way into Nazi-occupied Europe. Operation Overlord, as the invasion was codenamed, was an incredible feat. It also proved to be a turning point that would eventually result in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Around 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy on the first day in the largest amphibious operation in history. Within a month more than 1 million men had been put ashore.

As memory becomes history, first-hand accounts of this incredible moment become more and more precious. In D-Day Diary, historian Carol Harris brings together remarkable tales of bravery, survival and sacrifice from what was one of the war’s most dramatic and pivotal episodes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750996877
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Edition description:	Second Edition,New edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

CAROL HARRIS is a writer and journalist who has written extensively on the Second World War and the 1930s and ’40s. Her Women at War series was published in 2000, and she is the author of Blitz Diary (The History Press, 2010). She lives in south-east London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Abbreviations 8

Glossary 11

1 Testing and Training 13

2 Deception and Delay 33

3 Airborne Assault 49

4 Across the Channel 75

5 On the Beaches: Sword and Juno 95

6 On the Beaches: Gold, Omaha and Utah 119

7 Moving Inland 143

8 Casualties and Non-combatants 173

Sources and Further Reading 185

Index 188