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With about 100 panoramic photos, Christophe Daguet offers us a timeless postcard of Normandy of the D-DAY and invites you in a real journey in the landscapes of the Landing.

On June 5th 2009, commemorating the D-Day landings in the German cemetery of La Cambe, Schaffers, the German Ambassador, gave a moving and conciliatory speech. Listening attentively were veterans from all participating countries. In the crowd, a man was listening particularly closely. This was Wolfgang Fleischmann. Wolfgang was looking for Paul Rapier among the other listeners. Sixty-five years earlier their paths had crosses at Ouistreham. It was in June 1944, the 6th to be precise, the day of the Landings. Their meeting was brief, happening in the midst of chaos as it did. That day, Wolfgang and Paul were enemies...

As a good drawing is often better than a thousand explanations, what could be better than a Comic Strip to tell the tale of Operation Overlord and the Allied Landings in Normandy ? Without wishing to give a parody of a famous phrase printed by an equally famous newspaper read by young people aged 7 to 70, it is clear that comic strips are read by a very wide public. Bringing together pictures and texts, they are close to both literature and cinema, but are extremely good at being concise and straight to the point. These are surely the reasons why they are read with great interest by children, teenagers, parents and grandparents alike. I hope that this book will both serve to pass on the message of those who experienced these battles and the occupation first-hand and also interest the younger generations as they learn of the high price paid for Freedom. Such are my wishes as, on behalf of the Normandy Landings Committee, it is my pleasure to give my support to this initiative.

June 6, 1944 minutes after midnight, silent silhouettes fly through the clouds and veer over from l'Orne, north of Caen. At more than 150 km / h, they touch the ground and finish their race a few meters from the bridge of Bénouville, who will enter into posterity under the name of Pegasus Bridge.

The Normandy Landings were the first operations of the Allied Powers' invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. D-Day for the operation, postponed 24 hours, became June 6, 1944, H-Hour was 6:30 am.

Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord; the Allied invasion of German-occupied France that commenced on 6 June 1944.

On the night of the 31st of December 1943, two British commandos successfully collected a few samples of sand and peat under the very nose of the Germans posted at Ver-sur-Mer. Five months later, some 25,000 men followed in their footsteps and landed on the same shores, codenamed Gold Beach.

Why use an artificial port ? How they were made and assembled, risks and chances, questions and answers to determine and explain this titanesque enterprise to produce prefabricated ports.

1943, on a farm in Arkansas, two brothers, Eddy and JohnnyCollins, receive their mobilization letter: one will disembark atOmaha Beach while the other will have to climb a vertiginouscliff held by the enemy. Will the two brothers end upto regain ?

Illustrated with colorized wartime photographs and original battle relics, read for the first time the complete correspondence of an American officer in the 4th Infantry Division, from the battlefields of Normandy to the dark forest of Hÿrtgen and the liberation of Paris! These poignant letters and true story make us reflect on the terrible effects of war and the importance of peace.

The epic of William the Conqueror explained to children. We‿re ready my lord. ‿ Good, let us raise the anchor! I am eager to regain Norman soil. ‿ You left as a duke and return as a king, dear William‿‿ I am honoured by your compliments, Edgar‿ But, more so, I left as a ‿bastard‿‿ and return as a ‿conqueror‿!William the Conqueror‿s epic tale is one of the most incredible adventures in history. Heir to the Duchy of Normandy upon his father‿s death, he who was referred to as ‿the Bastard‿ by his enemies was to become King of England!From fortified castles to abbeys, this comic strip lets you follow in the footsteps of William and Matilda, via a fascinating discovery of William the Conqueror‿s life.

The most famous American war correspondent takes part in allied landing in Normandy on June 7th, 1944

This book explores the many facets of George S. Patton, the World War II military legend.

Contains more than 200 photographs and many testimonies depicting the furious battles fought by the American paras to liberate and hold Sainte-Mere-Eglise and surroundings.

A guide to Eisenhower from childhood to his time in the White House.

Tells the story of 50 world changing discoveries and technological advances made during World War II, particularly for Operation Overlord.

This book explores more than 350 specific instances on D-Day, the starting point for the liberation of Western Europe.

The battle of Omaha occupies a prevalent place in our collective memory due to the events of June 6, 1944. The beach code-named Utah has attracted less attention. Wrongly. The scale of the losses alone demonstrates that the Battle of Utah deserves to be investigated in a new light.

My name is William Bishop. I belong to the US 1st Infantry Division, the famous Big Red One. Today is the 6th of June 1944 and, in a few minutes, I'll be landing on Omaha Beach, in the Easy Red sector. A beach that will go down in History as Bloody Omaha... This is my story...

This book is to honour all the brave and wonderful people who risked or gave their lives to free Europe from the nazis and the claws of fascism. Let us never forget the innocent victims, both young and old from all sides, who endured the losses and the suffering imposed upon them by those democratically elected evil criminals.