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D-Day Gunners: The Royal Artillery on D-Day
Frank Baldwin
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Description for D-Day Gunners: The Royal Artillery on D-Day
Hardback. Stories of the men who served the guns on the D-Day beaches Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBW; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Part history book and part travel guide, D-Day Gunners is aimed at anyone interested in the artillery on the D-Day beaches and landing grounds. While the heritage of the D-Day beaches and landing sites is well documented, this rarely includes the Gunner story. The author of this book aims to correct this by providing a visitors' guide to the gunner stories associated with the battlefield heritage, which remains on the D-Day Beaches, and usefully mapping the fire-plan for D-Day, against the known German locations and looked at what happened at these places. There is relatively little explanation about the role ... Read more
Part history book and part travel guide, D-Day Gunners is aimed at anyone interested in the artillery on the D-Day beaches and landing grounds. While the heritage of the D-Day beaches and landing sites is well documented, this rarely includes the Gunner story. The author of this book aims to correct this by providing a visitors' guide to the gunner stories associated with the battlefield heritage, which remains on the D-Day Beaches, and usefully mapping the fire-plan for D-Day, against the known German locations and looked at what happened at these places. There is relatively little explanation about the role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473834934
SKU
V9781473834934
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Frank Baldwin
Frank Baldwin is a historian and battlefield travel professional. He has led hundreds of battlefield tours, studies and staff rides. A retired Gunner Major, he is a member of the British Commission for Military History and author of several books and articles on the battlefields of the world wars. He is the co-author of Gunners in Normandy: The Regimental History ... Read more
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