In the starry night of June 5 to 6, 1944, Alexandre Renaud, mayor of Sainte Mère Église, saw the first American paratroopers jump onto Normandy land. In the hours that followed, he experienced the liberation of his village, house by house, orchard by orchard. From his notes, taken day by day, emerges a precise and colorful evocation of these battles which decided the success of the landing. Faced with fierce resistance from the Germans, these elite soldiers would experience terrible losses here, after Africa and Sicily. This work, published in 1945, a bestseller of the years 1945, 1946, 1947, constitutes an exceptional testimony, enriched in its new presentation with numerous photos, some of which have been previously unpublished.
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Ed. Maurice RENAUD
Alexandre Renaud war time mayor of Sainte-MËre-Eglise personal account… In the starlit night of 5 and 6 June 1944, Alexandre Renaud saw the first U.S paratroopers land in Normandy. In the following hours, he witnessed the liberation of his village, house by house and street by street. This book, published in 1945, and a best-seller from 1945-47, is a remarkable testimony by the author, enriched in its new presentation by many historical photographs never before published.