Contents

Copyright Notice

Part I: Know Thy Enemy

1. Behind Enemy Lines

2. Atlantic Wall

3. The Weather Report

4. Codebreaking

Part II: Midnight

5. The Midnight Hour

6. At German Headquarters

7. Landing by Moonlight

Part III: The Night

8. Sainte-Mère-Église

9. Night Assault

10. First Light

11. On Utah Beach

12. In Coastal Waters

Part V: Foothold

17. Cliff-top Guns

18. The Mad Bastard

Part VI: Towards Noon

19. Deadlock on Omaha

20. Cracks in the Wall

21. Race to the Bridge

Part VII: Afternoon

22. The Bombing of Caen

23. Counter-Attack

24. Victory at Omaha

Part VIII: Win or Lose

25. Frontier Fighting

26. Panzer Attack

Acknowledgements

Photographic Sources

Notes and Sources

About the Author

Also by Giles Milton