First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 208pp. B/w photographs. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep. (44/7).

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Title

One Night in June - The Story of Operation Tonga, the Initial Phase of the Invasion of Normandy, 1944

Publisher

Airlife Publishing Ltd, England

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

1853104922

ISBN 13

9781853104923

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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An account of the Glider Pilot Regiment's role in Operation Tonga, the first stage of the Airborne assault on Normandy. The story is told through the eyes of those who were there - glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews, passengers. It covers the Operation from training through to evacuation after D-Day. The Operation was vital to the success of D-Day and a full appendix gives details of participants and casualties. The book is published to coincide with the 50th anniversary.

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