030685 Imperial War Museum London 1984 Folio - over 12" - 15" Long Paper Fine The items from this pack are examples of the wide-ranging holdings relating to Operation OVERLORD-The Allied invasion of north-west Europe on 6-6-44. Contents: ( 1.) A message from Dwight Eisenhower to the Soldiers, Sailors, & Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force; (2.) Map produced by the Allied Intelligence, showing the state of knowledge of the German order of battle in Normandy as at 6-5-44.; (3.) Child's Guide to the Far Shore-basic instructions issued on May 1944 to naval personel of Force 'S' (Sword Beach) in the Eastern Naval Task Force.; (4) Map of Sword Beach, assaulted on D-Day by the British Second Army commanded by Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey.; (5.) Handbill based on a poster produced by the Admirality in 1944, showing different types of British & American landing craft.; (6.) Message from the Supreme Commander, Gen. Eisenhower to French civilians in the battle zone on D-Day.; (7.) Front page from the EVENING DISPATCH, Birmingham, 6 June, 1944.; (8.) German Poster containing a statement issued in Berlin on 6 June, 1944.; (9.) Extract from the pocket diary of Sergeant G.E. Hughes, June 1944 (1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment, landed at Arromanches in the initial assault wave at about 7:20 a.m., promoted from corporal to Sergeant on June 9.; (10.) Letter from Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief, 21st Army Group & overall ground force commander for the invasion to his friend Major-Gen. Frank Simpson, Director of Military Operations at the War Office.; (11.) Letter from Sub-Lieutenant Montford RNVR, to his brother Dr. T.M. Montford, 12 June, 1944.; (13.) 'Return of Winston the Conqueror'- a cartoon by Sir Gordon Minhinnick from the NEW ZEALAND HERALD, on 14 June, 1944. Also included: 4"x6" Post Card of the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, Photographed in the Cabinet Room at No.10 Downing Street, September 1940 by Cecil Beaton, Crown Copyright. All facsimiled documents are in fine condition, housed in a folder of fair condition of moderate wear, scuffing & creasing to flap area. Includes Acknowledgments. $25.00USD
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