The Normandy Battlefields by Leo Marriott

The Normandy Battlefields by Leo Marriott

With their 70th anniversary just around the corner, the D-Day landings have lost none of their impact. Even today the vestiges of Hitlers Atlantic Wall speak of the huge undertaking necessary for the Allies to gain a foothold in Normandy.

A particular aspect of the book that is worthy of note is the photograph captionsA concerted effort has been made to identify not only locations, but also the individuals contained within well known photos - including in some cases their fate, during the battle for Normandy. * Recollections of World War II *
Many famous photographs are employed but the real selling point for the book is the modern aerial views, which are superb. The maps are also clear and precise. * WW2 Connection 11/01/2014 *
The Old Front Line by Stephen Bull and The Normandy Battlefields by Leo Marriott & Simon Forty are absolutely superb guides to some of the most important battlefields of the two world wars in Europe. Both of them are books I wish I had written and illustrated. * War History Online 12/01/2014 *
A photographic history of the D-Day beaches really needs to have something unusual about it to stand out in a crowded market. In this case the main selling point is the good combination of wartime and modern photos. The most effective of the modern photos are a series of aerial photographs, each showing key parts of the battlefield, and with modern war memorials marked. These give a much clearer idea of the layout of the battlefield than the more familiar ground level photos, and are of great interest. * History of War *
The presentation of the book is first class, the maps especially. It is a fitting tribute to the men who took part in the D-Day landings, and I recommend it. * Fortress Studies Journal 25/05/2015 *

Leo Marriott is a retired Air Traffic Controller who has had more than thirty books published on his specialist subjects: naval warfare and aviation. He is an experienced pilot and accomplished aerial photographer, and his work is featured in this book. Simon Forty was educated in Dorset and the north of England before reading history at London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He has been involved in publishing since the mid-1970s, first as editor and latterly as author. Son of author and RAC Tank Museum curator, George Forty, he has continued in the family tradition writing mainly on historical and military subjects. Amongst other books, he is the author of The German Infantryman on the Eastern Front (with Richard Charlton Taylor, 2023) and Red Army into the Reich (with Nik Cornish, 2021), both published by Casemate, and has co-authored a range of highly illustrated books on the Normandy battlefields, the Atlantic Wall and the liberation of the Low Countries.

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ISBN 13	9781612002316
ISBN 10	1612002315
Title	The Normandy Battlefields
Author	Leo Marriott
Series	Then And Now Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Casemate Publishers
Year published	2014-03-19
Number of pages	224
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.