Philippe Charbonnier Knihy

The very first ground actions linked to the D-Day in France were fought by the 'Red Berets', the famous British and Canadian paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division dropped over the Caen region, and also by the lesser-known French SAS who jumped over Brittany the same day to fight a guerilla war. This book offers every detail of these elite soldiers, uniforms, equipment, badges and emblems - all illustrated in full color

A lost collection of hundreds of previously unreleased full color photos of American troops in the months before and after D-Day.The author is an acknowledged expert on the D Day landings and went on to write the seminal book "Spearheading D Day".The book is published in full color and is a hardcover with a printed laminated cover illustrated as you can see to the right. There is no dust jacket with this book.