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The Build Up (Air War D-Day Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Martin W. Bowman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
For the Allies as well as Germany, it will be the longest day'. So said Field Marshall Erwin Rommel of the operations on D-Day; and he was correct. This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and comprehensive five-part work that includes a multitude of personal military and civilian accounts of the aerial operations which were carried out on D-Day. At fifteen minutes after midnight on 6 June 1944 Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Hitlers Festung Europe, became reality. The logistics of landing almost 250,000 men by amphibious craft seems almost unimaginable, yet a massive aerial umbrella of 3,000 RAF and USAAF fighters, fighter-bombers and heavy bombers, headed for France and more than 1,000 transport aircraft dropped more than 17.000 paratroopers to secure the flanks and beach exits of the assault area. Air superiority in the invasion areas was total. It was a day that changed the whole course of the war and resulted in the first steps to final victory in Europe. Copious quotes from American and British and Dominion forces, fighting men, sailors, airmen from the occupied countries and their German opponents, tell of incredible, illuminating and often under-stated actions of extraordinary courage, companionship and a common fear of death or serious injury which offer a more personalized view of D-Day. This first volume sets an impressive precedent for the rest of the series.
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    Air War D-Day
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    414 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    Pen & Sword Aviation
  5. Publication date
    January 19, 2013
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Martin Bowman is one of Britain’s foremost aviation historians and has written many books and articles. He lives in Norwich.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B014V1PPY4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation (January 19, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 19, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 11.9 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 414 pages
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  • William C. Mcdaniel
    2.0 out of 5 stars More in here about specialized tanks than D-Day air missions.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2013
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    More than a little disappointed to see this respected author get off on so many tangents. He never brings them together to be relevant in regards to the air war. Significant amount of info on Mulberry Harbors and Hobart's Funnies specialized tanks. All good info but again either misplaced in this book or mistitled book in general. Generally enjoy this author but sufficiently put off enough to await buying more in this series and the companion set on Arnhem until I can browse them on the shelf.
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  • Mike O'Connor
    4.0 out of 5 stars D-Day Air Ops, Volume One!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013
    AIR WAR D-DAY, THE BUILD-UP is the first of five volumes from British author Martin Bowman on Normandy Invasion air operations. It features hundreds of first-person reminiscences from Allied and Axis airmen, infantrymen and sailors along with British and French civilians, book excerpts, diary entries, official documents and what-not. Bowman's book is a 2012 Pen & Sword Books release.

    After a few brief comments setting the stage on the need for and planning of the Normandy Invasion, Bowman immediately drops the reader into the D-Day experience with reminiscences of the troop build-up in England, pre-Invasion training including the Slapton Sands debacle, the Allies' deception campaign, British civilian encounters with the Yanks, fighter and bomber strikes to soften up and isolate the beachhead, German efforts to strengthen their defenses, French underground plans and activities, SAS ops, etc. Volume One ends with various Airborne units taking off for France.

    I had mixed feelings on Bowman's book and the whole five-volume set. It certainly gives you a visceral, 'this-is-how-it-was' experience as so many D-Day participants share their memories. Bowman did a tremendous job of compiling the material and the mix of different viewpoints is quite something. Those reminiscences range from a single paragraph to several pages in length. Yet, aside from some sidebars - Nations Represented on D-Day, Neptune Fact File, D-Day Fact File - Bowman doesn't provide any structure or background information. To my mind, AIR WAR D-DAY, THE BUILD-UP isn't so much a "book" as it is a raw collection of oral histories.

    In any case, the AIR WAR D-DAY set promises to be an essential addition to literature on the subject. Having read many books on D-Day, I've never come across so many - and varied - personal accounts of those momentous days in June 1944 in one source. Recommended.

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  • Mr. W. King
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting compilation brining into one place a number of quotations ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2018
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    Interesting compilation brining into one place a number of quotations and interviews with veterans culled from a range of other published resources. This is Number One of Five books in similar format which cover all the areas of action on D-Day - the five landing Beaches and the Airborne operations. It is not just about 'Air War D-Day' as the blanket main title suggests.
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