D-Day in Numbers: The facts behind Operation Overlord - Tapa dura

Describes the largest seaborne invasion of all time, from the mammoth preparations to the aftermath of the battle (Military History Monthly)

Most interesting (Britain at War)

Amazing reading (The Weekly News)

D-Day as we've never before viewed it... a fascinating insight (Lancashire Evening Post)

D-Day as we've never before viewed it... a succession of staggering figures underlining not just the scale of the operation, but the human sacrifice involved (Lancaster Guardian)

One for the trivia fan (Best of British)

Covering the mammoth preparations of the landings, their awesome scale and the aftermath of the battle for Normandy... packed with stats and curious stories (History Revealed)

D-Day, 6 June 1944, the day on which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy with the intention of reclaiming mainland Europe from German occupation. The significance of the operation has captured the collective imagination to become the defining moment of World War Two and represents the ending to the struggles of the early twentieth century. D-Day in Numbers sets the scene for the largest seaborne invasion of all time. It covers the mammoth preparations for the landings, their savage, awesome scale, and their aftermath in the battle for Normandy, taking in the most poignant events and looking at each through the numbers involved. Each number signifies an important moment within a larger story as they are explained in the context of the surrounding events. And with the vast amount of planning that went into the execution of such an ambitious operation, the numbers involved are staggering, surprising and often inspiring. Discover the numbers that promised to change the balance of power in Europe, and indeed, the world, as Deliverance Day, 1944 got underway.