Books published by OREP

With about 100 panoramic photos, Christophe Daguet offers us a timeless postcard of Normandy of the D-DAY and invites you in a real journey in the landscapes of the Landing.

Contains more than 200 photographs and many testimonies depicting the furious battles fought by the American paras to liberate and hold Sainte-Mere-Eglise and surroundings.

In French and english. Sword was the easternmost British beach of the landings on June 6th 1944. " Sword ", symbol of justice, was also the emblem of Second British Army. The main landings by 3rd Infantry Division and First Commando Brigade took place on " Queen Beach " at Hermanville, once known for its good swimming areas.

The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France. It juts out northwards into the English Channel, towards Great Britain. To its west lie the Channel Islands. The peninsula lies wholly within the departement of Manche, in the region of Basse-Normandie.

These life stories, relayed by young people aged 15 to 18, present 17 views on the war, on the Occupation, on the Liberation.

The authors of this work aimed to walk in the tracks of William the Conqueror, his ancestors, family and contemporaries (whether friends of foes). Making use of recent research, they tried to make his troubled life and times accessible and to arouse in the more curious a desire to wander the four corners of the province to discover its past.

There, at about forty meters high and on a tray of some hundred meters wide, extends a fortress even more formidable than those of Pevensey and Hastings. It is the army of king Harold of England, wall of thousands of shields arranged in several rows. Raised on his horse, our Duke Guillaume raises his stick of command. " Diex ouch! " He exclaims.

Slapton Sands! An English beach of sinister memory for all those who, as the captain Schroeder, in April, 1944, had participated in the operation Tiger, the tragic rehearsal of the landing in Normandy.

Julie was not able to refrain from shivering fi xant the horizon there. Spectres, which she had thought of exorcising by coming here, were back. More present than never ... Of the construction of the artifi port(bearing) sky of Arromanches in the treason of a network of local resistance, find the ghosts who haunt today still Port(Bearing) Winston.

June 6th, 1944, Norman beaches situated between Ouistreham and Sainte-Marie-du- Mount entered the history books of the humanity under their respective code name: Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah Beach.

"I William ... Legendary figure of both Normandy and England, direct ascendant of the present day royal family of the United Kingdom, Duke of Normandy and King of England, that's who I am. Yet my life began as a young orphan, a bastard who fought fiercely to survive. I lived there 1,000 years ago, but it was just like yesterday... "

A guide to Eisenhower from childhood to his time in the White House.

Tells the story of 50 world changing discoveries and technological advances made during World War II, particularly for Operation Overlord.