Preface | p. ix |
The Narrow Channel | p. 1 |
'Wolves circling a wounded dog'...Lyme Bay 28 April 1944 | p. 1 |
'It will be all right on the night'...England, Spring 1944 | p. 13 |
The Far Shore | p. 27 |
The German Army in the West | p. 27 |
'As for the Atlantic Wall...it was sheer humbug.' The Defence Debate | p. 31 |
'It is essential to prepare for hard times here.' Normandy Defences. Spring 1944 | p. 34 |
'Your objective is not the coast. Your objective is the sea!'...The Panzers | p. 43 |
'Cry Wolf!'...Spring 1944 | p. 49 |
Objectives | p. 51 |
The Race to the Fore-shore...Objectives and Plans | p. 51 |
Realignment...'The situation did not look promising' | p. 56 |
'The day of the dashing cut-and-thrust tank attack..is past and gone' | p. 59 |
'Jagerschreck'...Fear of Fighters | p. 62 |
Waiting | p. 66 |
'Eternal Father Strong to Save'...The Camps | p. 66 |
Embarkation... | p. 73 |
Postponement... | p. 79 |
It's D-Day Tomorrow | p. 84 |
Manning the West Wall...5 June | p. 84 |
'We were coming over Lord'...airfields in southern England | p. 93 |
'What a night - dark and wet'...the Invasion Fleet | p. 99 |
Securing the Flanks | p. 109 |
Coup de Main...the Orne River 00.16-00.26 | p. 109 |
The Plan...secure the flanks | p. 115 |
Go! Go! Go!...'a fantastic chimera of lights and flak' | p. 117 |
Will it suffice?...holding the flanks | p. 136 |
The Long Night | p. 140 |
'Condemned to inactivity'...the Orne and the east | p. 140 |
'The situation in the Seine Estuary is probably worse than ours'... the west | p. 150 |
'A disturbed Beehive'...co-ordinating the response | p. 156 |
'Look what's coming!... | p. 164 |
The Storm Breaks | p. 171 |
'The guns...were too hot to be touched'...the naval bombardment | p. 171 |
'The Golden City' | p. 181 |
'A Hollywood Show'...Utah 06.30 | p. 187 |
'A peaceful summer's day on the Wannsee' | p. 194 |
First Wave Foundered | p. 201 |
'No sign of life or resistance'...approaching Omaha 06.15 | p. 201 |
'Entire First Wave Foundered'... | p. 207 |
Assaulting the 'Jib'...Pointe du Hoc 07.10 | p. 214 |
Coming ashore on 'Easy Red'...Omaha 06.30-08.30 | p. 220 |
'When, and from whom will the counter-attack...come?' | p. 226 |
Tanks from the Sea | p. 230 |
'Out Ramps!'...Sword 07.30 | p. 230 |
'The appalling number of church spires'...Juno 07 | p. 244 |
Tanks from the sea...Gold 07.25 | p. 259 |
A Brutal Defence | p. 269 |
Stalemate on Omaha | p. 269 |
Success or Failure?... | p. 276 |
'They stick tight'...the German defence Omaha | p. 281 |
Break-in | p. 288 |
Einbruchsraum West. Break-in Point West...Gold | p. 288 |
Einbruchsraum Mitte. Break-in Point Centre...Juno | p. 301 |
'Einbruchsraum Ost'. Break-in Point East...Sword | p. 305 |
Counter-Attack | p. 310 |
21st Panzer attacks... | p. 310 |
Assault towards Utah... | p. 322 |
A Tenuous Foothold | p. 328 |
Reinforcement | p. 328 |
Beyond D-Day...dusk 6 June | p. 333 |
Panzer-Marsch! | p. 341 |
Where are the Panzers?... | p. 341 |
Delays...the 12th SS 'Hitlerjugend' | p. 347 |
A Nightmare Trek...Panzer Lehr | p. 353 |
'Little fish! We'll throw them into the sea...' | p. 359 |
Village Fighting | p. 365 |
The Centre - before Caen...Authie | p. 365 |
The East - stalemate on the Orne...Breville | p. 381 |
The West - 'Bocage'...St Come-du-Mont | p. 394 |
Postscript | p. 409 |
The Germans... | p. 410 |
The Allies... | p. 420 |
The Human Factor... | p. 424 |
Appendices | p. 430 |
The Race to the Foreshore | p. 430 |
Allied Superiority on Landing | p. 431 |
Tables of Comparative Ranks | p. 432 |
Abbreviations and Glossary | p. 434 |
Notes to the Text | p. 436 |
Sources | p. 466 |
Index | p. 472 |
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