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Major and Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches

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Description

This is the sixth, completely revised, up-to-date, much expanded edition of the Definitive Guide to The D-Day Normandy Beaches. Written to the same highly acclaimed formula as all of the other books in this important series of Battlefield Guides (Somme, Ypres, Gallipoli, Market-Garden, Western Front - North, Western Front - South). Once again the cold facts are interlaced with anecdotes of bravery, humour, sadness and humanity.

This new edition now contains:

  • All the landing Beaches: JUNO, SWORD, GOLD, OMAHA, UTAH
  • All the Airborne Operations:
  • British and American Two Approach Routes;
  • Six timed and measured Itineraries
  • 21 in-text Itinerary maps, Battle maps & Diagrams
  • Approx 400 recommended sites within the D-Day planned area of advance,all with photos, each with Latitude & Longitude references (New for this Edition)
  • Over 400 coloured pictures,
  • 352 pages Memorials / Museums / Batteries / Bunkers / Landing fields Allied and German War Cemeteries
  • Historical background to the landings
  • The Plans and what actually happened
  • Information about Allied and German War Graves Associations Veterans' and other commemorative associations
  • Normandy tourist information: Where to stay / where to eat
  • Cameos about personalities - VCs / MOHs / Poets / Photographers etc...
DELIVERY

We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.

Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95

Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.

Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas. Christmas 2024: The last recommended order date for UK orders is 14 December. The last recommended order date for all international orders is 23 November.

Delivery Worldwide

We can also ship most items worldwide. 

For full details, including prices, click here.

Custom Prints

Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.

Unframed orders are shipped within 5 working days (normally shipped next day).

Framed orders are shipped within 20 working days.

Further information on delivery timescales for custom prints can be found here.

RETURNS

If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.

For further details on returns click here.

Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.

Manufacturer/Publisher: Pen & Sword
Binding: Paperback
Author: Major & Mrs Holt

SKU: 9781526757906

Description

This is the sixth, completely revised, up-to-date, much expanded edition of the Definitive Guide to The D-Day Normandy Beaches. Written to the same highly acclaimed formula as all of the other books in this important series of Battlefield Guides (Somme, Ypres, Gallipoli, Market-Garden, Western Front - North, Western Front - South). Once again the cold facts are interlaced with anecdotes of bravery, humour, sadness and humanity.

This new edition now contains:

  • All the landing Beaches: JUNO, SWORD, GOLD, OMAHA, UTAH
  • All the Airborne Operations:
  • British and American Two Approach Routes;
  • Six timed and measured Itineraries
  • 21 in-text Itinerary maps, Battle maps & Diagrams
  • Approx 400 recommended sites within the D-Day planned area of advance,all with photos, each with Latitude & Longitude references (New for this Edition)
  • Over 400 coloured pictures,
  • 352 pages Memorials / Museums / Batteries / Bunkers / Landing fields Allied and German War Cemeteries
  • Historical background to the landings
  • The Plans and what actually happened
  • Information about Allied and German War Graves Associations Veterans' and other commemorative associations
  • Normandy tourist information: Where to stay / where to eat
  • Cameos about personalities - VCs / MOHs / Poets / Photographers etc...
DELIVERY

We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.

Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95

Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.

Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas. Christmas 2024: The last recommended order date for UK orders is 14 December. The last recommended order date for all international orders is 23 November.

Delivery Worldwide

We can also ship most items worldwide. 

For full details, including prices, click here.

Custom Prints

Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.

Unframed orders are shipped within 5 working days (normally shipped next day).

Framed orders are shipped within 20 working days.

Further information on delivery timescales for custom prints can be found here.

RETURNS

If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.

For further details on returns click here.

Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.