D-Day Manual

Insights into how science, technology and engineering made the Normandy invasion possible

Jonathan Falconer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2013
J H Haynes & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85733-234-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The landing of Allied forces on the shores of Normandy on 6 June 1944 was the greatest amphibious invasion in history. Technology and innovation played crucial parts in the D-Day drama - from tank-carrying gliders, swimming tanks and the Mulberry harbours, to radio and radar aids that ensured landing craft arrived on the right beaches and combat aircraft overhead were controlled. This manual describes the development, construction and use of a wide range of innovative machines, structures and systems, explaining their uses on D-Day and after, and revealing how they contributed to the success of `Overlord'.

Autor

Jonathan Falconer is the author of more than 25 books on aspects of aviation and military history. He was commissioning editor of the 14-volume `Battle Zone Normandy' series in 2004 for Sutton Publishing. He is now a senior commissioning editor with Haynes. He lives in Wiltshire.

Inhalt

Unique Haynes Manual insight into the technology that made D-Day possible. Archive and contemporary photographs. Arhcive cutaway illustrations. Partner volume to the Haynes Dam Busters Manual. 2014 is the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Somerset
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 214 x 276 mm
• Gewicht: 828 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-85733-234-1 / 0857332341
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85733-234-9 / 9780857332349
• Zustand: Neuware