D-Day 1944

INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
ATTACKER'S CAPABILITIES
- The Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF)
- RAF Bomber Command
- RAF Second Tactical Air Force and other British commands
- US Ninth Air Force
- US Eighth Air Force
- Ordnance
- Navigation and targeting
DEFENDER'S CAPABILITIES
- Fortifications on the French coast
- Passive air defense
- Active air defense
CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES
- The vital beachhead
- The Joint Fire Plan
- The "air force" problem
THE CAMPAIGN
- The invasion begins
- Operation Flashlamp
- Crisbecq Battery
- Eighth Air Force's tactical assault
- Change of plans
- Omaha Beach (2nd Bomb Division)
- Gold and Juno Beach (1st Bomb Division)
- 3rd Bomb Division
- Ninth Air Force
ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION
FURTHER READING
INDEX

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