Fields of War: Battle of Normandy
by Robert Mueller
Paperback
440 Pages
2018
This unique and practical guide tours the battlefields of Normandy, France from the landing beaches and drop zones of the initial beachhead through the liberation of the ancient Norman cities of Cherbourg, Caen, and St—Lo to the final battle amid the hills and valleys near Falaise. Each battlefield description contains a brief historical overview and a tour locating surviving landmarks, military museums, and stirring monuments with over 350 GPS coordinates. Extensively illustrated by maps as well as historical and contemporary photographs, the book presents the Battle of Normandy to battlefield tourists and armchair historians.
