The D-Day Training Pocket Manual 1944

by Chris McNab (Editor)

Overview

The success of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 depended on thousands of troops carrying out their mission and the seamless coordination of the amphibious landings with paratrooper and glider assaults. The troops not only had to be trained up ready for their own roles, but to work alongside other troops, often coordinating activities and communicating with other troops while in unfamiliar terrain and under fire. This pocket manual brings together excerpts from Allied manuals used in the preparation for D-Day, including amphibious landings and managing beachheads, pathfinder, paractrooper and glider pilot training, and infantry and armored fighting in the bocage countryside.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612007335
Publisher:	Casemate Publishers
Publication date:	02/28/2019
Series:	The Pocket Manual Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr Chris McNab is an author and historian, his principal subject areas being military history and military technology. He has written more than 100 non-fiction titles, including many Casemate pocket manuals relating to World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. Chris has appeared in several TV documentaries as an expert commentator, and he also works as an educational consultant, specializing in the development of textbooks and teaching materials.

Editorial Reviews

"Chris McNab is a prolific writer who knows what he is doing, as this book shows; and this volume will fit well with its stable mates."

War History Online

"...unreservedly recommended for Battlefield Guiding."

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