D-Day - The Untold Story

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• 1. Operation Overlord
• 2. Surveying Omaha Beach
• 3. Witnessing the horror
• 4. Historical discrepancies
• 5. The element of surprise
• 6. Find out more
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Books

The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan (Wordsworth Editions, 1999)

Battlefront: D-Day Public Record Office (1999)

Overlord; D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944 by Max Hastings (Pan, 1999)

D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy by Anthony Kemp (Harry N Abrams, 1994)

Places to visit

The Imperial War Museum

The National Army Museum

The Royal Navy Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum

The D-Day Museum

About the author

Brett Phaneuf completed studies in Anthropology and Classical Studies at the University of Massachusetts prior to enrolling in the Nautical Archaeology Program and ultimately the Department of Oceanography at Texas &M University where he is completing his doctoral degree. His research focuses on deep-sea remote sensing technology and he is a principle figure in the development to Texas &M's new program of deep-sea archaeological research.

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Published: 2002-06-01