| Title:
Operation
Quicksilver by Peter Tooley. |
| Description:
This
book describes the build up to the D-Day landings, which
took place on 6th June 1944. It primarily describes the
deceptions that took place prior to the landings in a bid
to deceive the German forces where the actual landings would
be. Operation Quicksilver commenced in 1943 and involved
the building and placing of dummy vessels in various rivers
and harbours from the drawing board stage in Watford, through
their trials in Windsor, Beaulieu and Wittering. |
| Author:
No
notes available. |
| Binding:
Softcover. |
| Date
Published : 1988. |
Edition:
First
Edition. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition with original price of £6.25 on rear. |
| Book
Condition : Very
good condition, containing 64 pages with at least 14 pages
of illustrations. |
| Publisher:
Ian
Henry Publications, Romford, Essex. |
| ISBN:
0-86025-415-1. |
| Size
& Weight: 20.6cm
x 14.8cm ((H
x W).
6mm thick. |
