D-Day 1944: the Allied Invasion of Normandy. Great Battles of the World; Book by Dimitrios Stavropoulos, Sotiris Vourliotis, Papadopoulos, Stavros Valmas, N. Kampouris, and John Terniotis. Squadron Signal Books. The Allies launched their invasion of German-occupied Europe after 18 months of preparation - three and one half million troops, more than ten thousand warplanes and an armada of nearly five thousand sea-going vessels stormed 'Fortress Europe' and opened the long awaited second front against Hitler's Reich. Includes the Allied bid for air superiority, the landings, a photo file, opposing commanders and forces, portable weapons and many lesser known details of the making of the new Western Front. Amply illustrated with more than 60 b/w and 30 color photos, 6 maps, 21 equipment profiles, 13 uniform plates and additional specially commissioned art; 136 pages.