A Traveler'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 brocage country of Normandy, and eventually broke out through the Avranches gap.A new kind of guidebook that gives comprehensive information-- Major battles and battlefields-- Memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statues-- How to get there; what to see-- Contemporary eyewitness accounts-- Maps and then-and-now photographs

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

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kay]

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]

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