This fifth volume is part of a ten-book series dedicated to the American airborne operations in Normandy, ultimately totaling more than 3,500 pages and 5,000 photographs. This is not simply a history book.
\nIt is an immersion A plunge into the very first days of D-Day, where everything was decided, in the hedgerows, sunken lanes, and villages of Normandy.<\/p>\n
Through more than 350 photographs, many previously unpublished, a raw reality emerges, captured in the moment as the men of the 101st Airborne Division confronted the German paratroopers of Fallsch.Jg.Rgt.6 for control of Saint-C\u00f4me-du-Mont.<\/p>\n
Each image is the result of exceptional reconstruction work.
\nIdentified, located, and placed back into its exact context after more than thirty years of research, it becomes far more than a document,
\nit becomes testimony.<\/p>\n
This volume brings together three major photographic collections and stands as one of the most significant visual studies ever devoted to these battles. It is the result of a unique collaboration between\u00a0Mark Bando<\/span>, a leading figure in the preservation of American paratrooper history, and Emmanuel Allain alongside\u00a0Michel De Trez<\/span>, founders of the\u00a0D-Day Experience Museum<\/span>.<\/p>\n Conceived both as a reference work and as a collector\u2019s piece, this volume provides access to a fragile memory, long scattered, now brought together and preserved.<\/p>\n The index, listing 1,601 names, restores an essential dimension, that of the men.<\/p>\n A book to understand. Language: bilingual edition, English \/ French<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Michel De Trez<\/p>\n Format : 9.25 \u00d7 11.6 in \u2013 304 pages \u2013 more than 350 illustrations<\/strong><\/p>\n Version : <\/strong>bilingual, in both English<\/strong> and French<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":426930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-426926","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-normandy","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nA book to pass on.
\nA book to preserve.<\/p>\n