Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches (Major & Mrs Holt's Battle Map)

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D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy in a series of Major & Mrs Holt’s Battle Maps from T V Holt Associates covering the main battlefields of the two World Wars. Present day road network is overprinted with extensive information about the landings.

On one side is a map showing the beaches attacked by forces under the British command: Gold June, Sword and area of airborne landings east of the Orne and the Pegasus Bridge. An inset extends the coverage further inland to present the Battle of the Falaise Gap.

On the reverse are the landing sites of the American forces on the Utah and Omaha beaches, extending south to St-Lo with an additional inset for the Cherbourg area.

The maps indicate the front lines planned for and actually achieved on the 6th June, locations of bunkers and blockhouses, memorials, museums, cemeteries, etc. All the information in cross-referenced to several indexes: a numerical and an alphabetical index of the sites, lists of memorials, museums and cemeteries with official organizations responsible for their upkeep, etc.