{"product_id":"d-day-operations-manual","title":"D-Day Operations Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 2019, this new edition of the Haynes D-Day Operations Manual features an additional chapter describing how beach obstacles were neutralised and destroyed, and how the beachhead was organised to manage the rapid build-up of men and materiel before the breakout inland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Major General Stewart Watson CBE, Sherman DD tank commander with 13th\/18th Royal Hussars on D-Day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haynes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54983854686584,"sku":"HH6655","price":38.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/0388\/3676\/files\/Haynes-H6655-cover.jpg?v=1742466191","url":"https:\/\/elfamer.com\/products\/d-day-operations-manual","provider":"Alfamer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}