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This highly illustrated book, first published to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019, will reconstruct the historic landings and the resultant battle for Normandy using artefacts, documents, interviews, film, art and photographs from the archives at IWM.
"Incredible photos reveal how D-Day unfolded hour-by-hour 75 years ago . . . . astonishing colour photographs . . . . The collected snaps vividly show the timeline of one of the most crucial military victories for the Allies in the Second World War."-- "The Sun" "Rare photos and historians' painstaking detective work map out [the] reality of how the Allies launched the world's biggest ever military op. . . . The shots, published chronologically for the first time ever, have brought to life one of the key turning points of the Second World War."-- "Daily Mail (UK)" "These images offer a rare insight into this decisive victory."-- "CNN Style"
Anthony Richards is head of documents and sound at Imperial War Museums.