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"This unique encyclopedia provides detailed entries for everything you ever wanted to know about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy. Organized alphabetically, the entries give detailed descriptions of weapons, equipment, divisions, air and naval units, geography, terminology, personalities, and more. Every Allied division that crossed the English Channel on June 6, 1944 has its own listing as do the major Axis divisions that fought them. Brief biographies of major military and political leaders on both sides provide a handy ""who's who"" of the campaign. The book also includes entries for related popular culture: GI slang, the best movies about D-Day, and major writers such as Stephen Ambrose and Cornelius Ryan. Cross-references make the book easy to use. With hundreds of entries, Brassey's D-Day Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference tool for history buffs and interesting browsing for readers who want to know more about World War II."

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Well-written, accurate, and interesting. -C. G. Sweeting, author of Hitler's Squadron: The Fuehrer's Personal Aircraft and Transportation Unit, 1933-45

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Barrett Tillman is a noted military historian and the author of more than thirty books, including Above and Beyond: The Aviation Medals of Honor, Hellcat Aces of World War II, and Hellcats: A Novel of War in the Pacific (Brassey's, Inc., 1996). Tillman's books have been on professional reading lists of the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps. He lives in Mesa, Arizona.

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