Wartime magazine issue 66
Autumn 2014
Normandy: the 70th anniversary of the landings at Normandy and the ensuing battle that ultimately liberated Europe from Nazism.
- The significance of Normandy by Robin Prior.
Long in the planning, much was at stake on D-Day. - D-Day from go to woe by Antony Beevor.
The world’s greatest invasion had huge effects. - Monty and D-Day by Nigel Hamilton.
How his biographer came to discover the crucial skills of a great commander. - On the Great Crusade by Lachlan Grant.
Australian participation in Normandy and the liberation of Western Europe came at great cost. - Spitfires on the continent by Karl James.
No. 453 Squadron, RAAF, was the only Australian unit to serve on the ground in Normandy. But this distinction came at a heavy cost. - Keeping faith with the Devils by Michael Kelly.
Australians with No. 196 Squadron, RAF, ferried British paratroops on D-Day. - A correspondent’s view by Emma Campbell.
Not everyone who landed in Normandy was a combatant. - Operation Bagration by David Stahel.
As Normandy raged, the Red Army launched its greatest offensive. - A long way from home by Bridie MacGillicuddy.
Artists in Europe during the Second World War. - D-Day, 75 years on into the jaws of Death by Lachlan Grant
- Plus regular features, including book reviews, letters, and Memorial news.
