Invasion Europe. [comprising] Operation 'Neptune' Landings in Normandy June, 1944; The Campaign in North-West Europe June 1944-May 1945; Invasion of the South of France Operation 'Dragoon' 15th August 1944. FINE SET IN SLIP-CASE

HMSO, 1994

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Year of publication

1994

Author

Admiralty.

Publishers

HMSO

Keyword

naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, normandy, overlord, neptune, dragoon, north-west europe, admiralty, battle summaries

Languages

English

Description

Together 5 vols., 8vo., First Editions, with 31 figures, and 30 folding maps and plans in separate wallets; navy cloth gilt, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs [text volumes], original printed wrappers [map, diagram and errata wallets], a fine copy in the publisher's pictorial slip-case as issued. Admiralty Battle Summaries were written relatively soon after the events they describe (the last of the present collection was produced in 1952) and are based on official documentary material which did not become available to the public at large until 1968. They were written by authors who understood thoroughly their topics, as follows: Operation 'Neptune': Commander L.J. Pitrcairn-Jones; The Campaign in North-West Europe: Commander J.H. Lloyd-Owen; Operation 'Dragoon': Commander W.E.H. Westall. In due course, the volumes became basic reference sources for the authors of the Cabinet Office series of OFFICIAL HISTORIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR