Author: Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
Title: REPORT BY THE SUPREME COMMANDER TO THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF ON THE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE - 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945.
Description: HMSO, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback, 149pp, organisation chart and 11 maps in text, large format (10 x 6" approx.), grey/black paper wrappers lettered in white with coloured decoration, details of the directive from the Combined Chiefs, and account of the planning and preparation for Operation Overlord, the assault by allied armies, establishment of their position in Normandy, the breakout from the beachhead and the advance to Germany, including coverage of the various obstacles to advance and counter-attacks by the retreating Germans, various local surrenders as pockets became isolated and the final total surrender at midnight 8th May 1945, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to cnrs., edges tanned with ssome foxing, very good,

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