Collection(s) : Heritage monograph
Paru le 02/03/2010 | Broché 31 pages
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On 6 June 1944 at dawn, the largest amphibious operation ever conducted in the history of time was set in motion. Operation Overlord, commanded by General Dwight David Eisenhower, required nearly seven thousand ships of all types with more than 300,000 men onboard. Five beach sectors on the coasts of Calvados and the English Channel were delimited : Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. A few hours before the landing craft arrived, paratroopers jumped on Sainte-Mère-Eglise and Pegasus Bridge. Shortly after midnight, D-Day began.
From 6 to 20 August 1944, Normandy was in a state of war : first on its beaches, then in the hedgerows of its bocages and in the Caen plain. Lower Normandy paid an extremely high price for its liberation, but this was critical to definitively free Europe from Nazi rule and bring World War II to an end.
Yves Lecouturier
A trained historian, he has written some twenty books and more than two hundred articles : his works were honoured by his nomination to the grade of Knight in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) in 2009.
The former director of Le Musée de la Poste et des Techniques de Communication in Caen, he pursued his career working alternately as senior executive for La Poste and for France Télécom. As a historian, he has focused on post offices and telecommunications, Caen, Normandy and World War II.
He is a full member of L'Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres in Caen.
