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The Noemandy Invasion literally takes a different view of D-Day and just beyond, showing the well-known events using aerial photos. This is what anxiously waiting senior officers knew about progress in the early hours of 6 June 1944. The RAF and USAAF imagery used is almost entirely from long dormant U.S. Department of Defence Intelligence files. Examining the invasion scene beach-by-beach, the eyes of a trained, experienced photo interpreter uncover details a layman would certainly miss. This overview of Normandy landings and subsequent combat shows the scope and sweep of battle and helps explain why some objectives were reached, why some units forged ahead where others were stalled. We see the beaches as never before; their width at low tide; the support vessels off shore and equipment moving inland; formidable beach obstacles, and pre-invasion aerial reconnaissance. Think of this book as an adjunct to all the ground-level photos you have seen of men leaving landing craft or crouching beside sea walls – a different perspective on one of the momentous military actions of the last hundred years. Refer to this book when you read about D-Day and actually see what other authors have written about. 200 b/w

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Looking Down On War: The Normandy Invasion is a must read for anyone interested in WWII History or more specifically the Normandy invasion. The book shows us the events of this part of WWII as it is not normally seen; from the air. This book is well laid out, the photographs are captivating and with Col. Stanly's dialog explaining what we are seeing in the photos you will get lost in the history. Recommended! Inscale

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Colonel Roy Stanley II, USAF (retired), became an Aerial Photo Interpreter in 1959 and went on to assignments with the Defence Intelligence Agency, the Air Staff and in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Now retired after 27 years' service he lives near Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is his seventh book. V Weapons Hunt and Axis Warships have been published by Pen and Sword Books in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

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