Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches (Paperback)
75th Anniversary Edition with GPS References
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Series: Major & Mrs Holts’ Battlefield Guide
Pages: 360
Illustrations: 400
ISBN: 9781526757906
Published: 17th July 2019
Last Released: 9th July 2024
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Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area, universally known as THE BIBLE, this is the 75th anniversary, completely revised, up-to-date, much expanded edition of the DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE D-DAY NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES.
The third in the Holts' important series of Battlefield Guides (following the Somme and the Ypres Salient) it employs the same, highly acclaimed formula. Once again the cold facts are interlaced with anecdotes of bravery, humour, sadness and humanity.
This new edition now contains:
All the landing Beaches: JUNO, SWORD, GOLD, OMAHA, UTAH All the Airborne Operations: British and American Two Approach Routes; Six timed and measured Itineraries 21 in-text Itinerary maps, Battle maps & Diagrams Approx 400 recommended sites within the D-Day planned area of advance, all with photos, each with Latitude & Longitude references (New for this Edition) Over 400 coloured pictures, 352 pages Memorials / Museums / Batteries / Bunkers / Landing fields Allied and German War Cemeteries Historical background to the landings The Plans and what actually happened Information about Allied and German War Graves Associations Veterans and other commemorative associations Normandy tourist information: Where to stay / where to eat Cameos about personalities - VCs / MOHs / Poets / Photographers etc
Packaged with the Battle Map of the Normandy Landing Beaches showing the sea Assault formations for UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD Beaches and the air Assault Formations round Ste M Eglise and Pegasus Bridge; the D-Day Objectives and the Ground Gained on D-Day.
Major and Mrs Holt’s definitive battlefield guide to the D-Day Normandy landing beaches is highly recommended.
The Royal Hampshire Comrades Association
The Bible of Guides on the Normandy Landing.
Miniaturas JM
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Universally known as THE BIBLE of Battlefield Guides to the area. This is the 75th Anniversary Edition with GPS References and is completely revised, up-to-date, with much expanded edition.
Forces Pension Society
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The View From The Turret Vlog
The battlefield guides of Major & Mrs Holt have long set the benchmark and this new book is what it claims, the definitive battlefield guide to the Normandy Landing Beaches. The text is crisp and comprehensive with excellent full colour images in illustration, together with a folded map of the beaches – Most Highly Recommended.
Firetrench
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Illustrations are relevant and of very good quality. There is also a large water resistant folding map covering the area. The GPS world is not forgotten. For those wanting food or accommodation this is also covered, Museums show the relevant opening times. In short this contains all the information for a well organised, informative tour. Anyone taking an elderly veteran to Normandy should regard the book as an essential planning tool.
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
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It is an outstanding guide and therefore an appropriate swansong that is suitable for novice and veteran tourists alike.
Soldier, September 2019 – reviewed by Mike Peters, ex-AAC
A guide that cannot be missed if you want to visit Normandy.
Old Barbed Wire Blog
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Major & Mrs Holt´s new guide can be used not only to plan a trip to battlegrounds or museums of special interest, it is a tool for historians, serving officers, history buffs and wargamers. Even if you have been to Normandy a couple of times I bet you will find several new and highly interesting places thanks to this guide. I did. Also, you will probably find the purely historical information in the book very readable, motivating, and sometimes also very moving.
Lars Gyllenhall, Blogger
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Argunners
Having covered the Somme and Ypres battlefields, Major and Mrs Holt now turn their attention to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches in this definitive guide. Simply superb in every way.
Books Monthly
This publication contains so much information it is difficult to decide where to start. I visited Normandy a couple of years ago and used an earlier version of this guide to plan the route we took. This particular book has so many photographs and information the user may feel overwhelmed by the scale of what is covered, with this said this is after all a guide to what to visit. Each visitor will have their own feelings about the area, but the magnitude of what was attempted, achieved and lost should never be forgotten.
Armorama
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So what is covered in the guidebook? Well everything you would expect. The six timed and measured itineraries include the US Airborne, US Rangers and British Airborne operations, as well as all the landing Beaches: UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, SWORD. Supporting these itineraries are ten battle maps, supplemented by five informative diagrams. Over 500 coloured photographs illustrate 350 pages of Memorials, Museums, Beaches, Batteries, Bunkers and Landing Fields that makes this a must-have guidebook for anyone contemplating a visit to Normandy. It is always in my pack when visiting; I wouldn’t leave home without it. Highly Recommended.
Redcoat and Khaki
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Packed with useful information, easy to use & carry with you, great photos & a fold-out map. Classic Normandy battlefield guide!
Paul Reed via Twitter
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In time for the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, a completely revised and much expanded edition of the book universally known as the Bible of battlefield guides.
The Bookseller 8/3/19
About Tonie Holt
Major and Mrs Holt founded the first organisation to offer battlefield tours to the general public in the late 1970s. Since the 1990s they have been writing their series of guide books, incorporating all that they have learned from their experiences conducting thousands of people around battlefields. This series, designed to serve as companions for travellers, whether sitting at home or physically visiting the battlefields, includes detailed travel directions, military history, fascinating anecdotes and tourist information. The Holts share the writing of their books equally and conduct all their own research, spending many weeks on the ground as they prepare each new book or update previously published titles.
Major & Mrs Holt’s Battle Map of The Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches (Battlefield map)
An accompaniment to the best-selling guide to the area, now sold separately. Showing the sea Assault formations for UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD Beaches and the air Assault Formations round Ste M Eglise and Pegasus Bridge; the D-Day Objectives and the Ground Gained on D-Day.
By Tonie Holt, Valmai HoltClick here to buy both titles for £14.79