D-Day Remembered

From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris – 80th Anniversary Edition

Author: Imperial War Museum and Richard Holmes

Hardcover

Endorsed by the IWM, this new edition includes rare memorabilia from their archives, as well as painstakingly researched documents from the archives of D-Day museums in Normandy.

Including rare material from the Imperial War Museums archive, this graphic account of the planning and execution of the D-Day landings and campaign commemorates the 80th anniversary of this "Day of Days".

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Endorsed by the IWM, this new edition includes rare memorabilia from their archives, as well as painstakingly researched documents from the archives of D-Day museums in Normandy.

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80th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Produced in collaboration with Imperial War Museums

Relive the day that changed the course of history. On 6 June 1944, D-Day marked the beginning of a campaign that involved more than a million men and helped seal the fate of Hitler's Germany.

Written by esteemed military historian Richard Holmes and including rare documents, diaries and secret memos from the archives of the Imperial War Museums, D-Day Remembered details the planning, execution and aftermath of the most momentous event of the Second World War.

About the Author

Professor Richard Holmes was one of the UK's leading military historians. As well as being the General Editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History, he presented several documentary series for the BBC. His books included The Napoleonic Wars Experience, as well as Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front, Wellington: The Iron Duke and Red Coat. He died in 2011.

IWM (Imperial War Museums) is a leading authority on conflict and its impact, from the First World War to the present. A family of five museums, IWM illustrates and records all aspects of modern war and of the individual's experience of it, whether allied or enemy, service or civilian, military or political, social or cultural.