CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5

CARENTAN – Linking Omaha Beach – Utah Beach, Part 5
Paratroopers vs. Fallschirmjäger

This fifth volume is part of a ten-book series dedicated to the American airborne operations in Normandy, ultimately totaling more than 3,500 pages and 5,000 photographs.

This is not simply a history book.
It is an immersion.

A plunge into the very first days of D-Day, where everything was decided, in the hedgerows, sunken lanes, and villages of Normandy.

Through more than 245 period photographs, many previously unpublished, a raw reality emerges, captured in the moment as the men of the 101st Airborne Division confronted the German paratroopers of Fallsch.Jg.Rgt.6 for control of Saint-Côme-du-Mont.

Each image is the result of exceptional reconstruction work.
Identified, located, and placed back into its exact context after more than thirty years of research, it becomes far more than a document,
it becomes testimony.

This volume brings together three major photographic collections and stands as one of the most significant visual studies ever devoted to these battles. It is the result of a unique collaboration between Mark Bando, a leading figure in the preservation of American paratrooper history, and Emmanuel Allain alongside Michel De Trez, founders of the D-Day Experience Museum.

Conceived both as a reference work and as a collector’s piece, this volume provides access to a fragile memory, long scattered, now brought together and preserved.

The index, listing 1,601 names, restores an essential dimension, that of the men.

A book to understand.
A book to pass on.
A book to preserve.

Technical details:
Format: 235 × 295 mm
Extent: 304 pages
Illustrations: more than 475 photographs
Language: bilingual edition, English / French