Table of Contents
Prologue ..........11
1. The Chess Pieces Fill the Board ..........13
The Armies
The Commanders
Advantages and Disadvantages?
Traitor or Patriot?
Countdown to Action
2. The Airborne Assaults, 6 June ..........26
The British Airdrops, 0015-0045
The American Airdrops, 0130
The Germans React, 0111
3. The American Landings, 6 June ..........39
'Bloody' Omaha Beach, 0600
Utah Beach, 0630
4. The British Landings, 6 June ..........71
Sword Beach, 0725
Gold Beach, 0725
Juno Beach, 0745
5. Operation ROYAL OAK, 7 June ..........106
Seizing Opportunities
Case Three Revisited
The Race to Reinforce
Operation ROYAL OAK
The American Sector
6. Operation SPANNER, 8 to 11 June ..........135
The British Sector
On the Flanks
No Quarter: the Canadians and Hitlerjugend
The American Sector
7. Unternehmen ROSSBACH, 12 to 13 June ..........168
Ultra Is Not Everything
Unternehmen ROSSBACH, Day I
Unternehmen ROSSBACH, Day 2
8. Starting Over and Operation TALISMAN, 14 to 26 June ..........198
A New British Commander?
The Other Side of the Hill
American Breakthrough
Calm Before the Storm
Twin Plagues
The Last Throw: Operation TALISMAN
9. Vac Victis? And Unternehmen TEUTOBURGER WALD, 27 to 30 June ..........225
Unternehmen TEUTOBURGER WALD
Postscript ..........229
Appendix A: Division Strengths ..........233
Appendix B: Allied Order of Battle ..........235
Appendix C: Omaha Beach ..........236
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