A Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

by Carl Shilleto, Mike Tolhurst

A Traveller’s Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy covers the period from June to August 1944 when the Allies stormed ashore, fought their way through the bocage country of Normandy, and eventually broke out through the Avranches gap.

This title gives comprehensive information
• Major battles and battlefields • Memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statues • How to get there; what to see • Contemporary eyewitness accounts • Then-and-now photographs and maps

The guide helps us understand what it was like to have endured the ordeal of combat. Through their own words, we learn the feelings of those young men and women of many nationalities who fought and died. What were their private thoughts and fears? Their personal memories? Contemporary eyewitness accounts are woven into the fabric of this book, which has immediacy and vividness that marks a new departure in guidebooks.

Genres: Travel, History, Nonfiction, Military History, World War II, Reference

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used this as preparation of a trip to Normandy in 2003 and found it quite useful. It works well as both a source book for the background and logistics of D-Day and as a practical touring guide. I hadn't realized (though I suppose I should have) just how complex touring the Normandy D-Day areas can be.

[Tim Norris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm planning a trip to Normandy and this book was very valuable in pointing out places to visit.