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It was around the 1930s that many of the products, devices and
concepts as we know them today have been discovered: antibiotics,
radars, turbojets, plastics from rubbers and synthetic fuels,
Radio... But we will have to wait until the beginning of World War
II to make all these inventions and finally find their industrial
development. This book tells the story of 50 discoveries, chosen
arbitrarily among many others which, by allowing us to understand
the great story through that of technology, sheds new light on what
the gigantic Overlord operation was.
"So it was in the Thirties that numerous commodities, appliances
and devices taken for granted today were discovered : antibiotics,
sulphonamides, radar, turbo-jets, synthetic rubber, mineral oils,
radiotelephony, and artificial intelligence... but only the
outbreak of the Second World War could give rise to their
development and industrial use. In the pages that follow is an
account of 50 discoveries chosen at will from many others, that, in
giving the reader a wider understanding of technological advance,
sheds new light too, on the scale of Operation Overlord. Visitors
to the Landing Beaches may thus appreciate how humanity as a whole
has profited from all the inventions collated in the Battle of
Normandy."
The Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944 were a major and decisive
episode of the Second World War and have been, for more than sixty
years, the object of countless books, films, investigations,
reports and television series. However, is it known that D-Day was
preceded by, on 27 April 1944, a tragic rehearsal that resulted in
over nine-hundred deaths and which remained a secret for decades ?
Is it known that the beautiful Lily Sergueiev, an artist and great
traveller, was considered by the Allies as their best
disinformation agent....and by the Germans as their most efficient
agent in Great Britain ? Or is it known that, Lionel Crabb, the
Royal Navy's star frogman, was the inspiration for Ian Fleming's
character, James Bond ? Is it known that the Germans' favourite
song Lili Marlene, was also very popular with the allied soldiers ?
These are some of the surprising revelations contained in this book
which is both original and informative, based on over half a
century of research undertaken by Philippe Bauduin and which casts
a new light on D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Fascinated by new
technology that he discovered during the summer of 1944, a time
when he was still a teenager, Philippe Bauduin went on to undertake
a scientific career which notably led him to set up the GANIL in
Caen (Large Heavy Ion National Accelerator). He is the author of
seventeen books and numerous articles on various aspects of the
Landings. Jean-Charles Stasi has worked as a journalist since 1985
and is the author of twenty books, most of which deal with the
Second World War. He was awarded the Prix Grand Temoin 2007 and the
Grand Prix de la Legion d'Honneur 2008 for his book L'Epopee du
Normandie-Niemen, co-written with Roland de la Poype.
A major event of the Second World War, the landing of June 6, 1944
has been, for more than seventy years, the subject of countless
books, films, surveys, reportages and TV series. Nowadays many are
aware of the unprecedented technological achievements implied in
the planning and construction of two artificial harbours, or of the
heroic sacrifice of the Rangers under Lieutenant Colonel James
Rudder's command, who stormed the Pointe du Hoc; or again of the
martyrdom the of GIs of the 29th and 1st Divisions of the American
infantry on Omaha Beach, which went down in history by the sad name
of "Bloody Ohama ". But did you know that the D Day was preceded in
late April 1944 by a similar event that took place off the Slapton
Sands coast, in Devon, and that caused the death of more than seven
hundred soldiers, yet remaining a secret for decades? Did you know
that the beautiful Lily Sergeyev, artist and traveller, was
considered by the Allies one of their best agents... and by the
Germans as one of their most effective spies in Britain? Did you
know that Lionel Crabb, sentinel diver of the Royal Navy on the
Normandy coast, inspired Ian Fleming to create the character of
James Jump? Did you know that the US troops, when completely
surrounded in Mortain, were supplied with penicillin, morphine and
plasma by dropping empty bomb shells stuffed with chocolate bars
used as a cushion to avoid damages? Did you know that Lili Marlene,
the Germans' favourite song, was also popular among Allied
soldiers? These are only some of the original and instructive
revelations you will find in this book, which is based on the
rigorous research carried out in over half a century by Philippe
Bauduin, who is passionate about the Landing and the Battle of
Normandy since his childhood, and is author of a dozen books on the
subject as well as numerous articles.
More than seventy years after the end of World War II, many grey
areas still surround this period. By launching Juvincourt, August
2, 1944, the first aerial reconnaissance mission for the Arado 234
jet, the eye of the V-2, Hitler played his last card. These
striking aerial photographs, taken that day, showed the entire
allied positions and lead to the decision to counterattack at
Mortain. Curiously, these pictures disappeared from U.S. official
archives for half a century. After a long process of research and
investigation, Philippe Bauduin, former director of Anvar Lower
Normandy, and Eric Charon, journalist, demonstrate, with supporting
evidence, that the Battle of Normandy proved an extraordinary
challenge for the Allies and the Germans. This new edition of a
book also includes the personal photographic archives of two Arado
pilots, Sommer and Goetz. French Language
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