BAOR:ROYAL ENGINEERS BATTLEFIELD TOUR – NORMANDY TO THE SEINE

This is the first volume in the highly regarded ‘Engineers Battlefields Tour’ set of three volumes, all of which have now been reprinted by N&MP. they are complete with all the excellent GSGS cartography from the original 1946 editions. This volume gives details of all operations by the Royal Engineers during D-Day and up to the Seine crossing at Vernon. It covers I Corp’s plans for the assault, operations of 6 Airborne Division, the assault by 3 British Division, bridging the Caen Canal and the River Orne, the construction of airfields in France, the capture of Le Havre and the Seine crossing at Vernon. There are many maps and photographs in the book which enhance the experience of reading this account.