Secret Operation Report Neptune D-Day Normandy 1944 Book Origonal RARE copy 148

Weight: 2 lbs 10 oz. Size: 10" X 7 5/8" X 1 3/8"

Condition Good For A Military Field Library Book, Overall Toning, Bumps, Book Is Complete. Rare, original WWII "Operation Report Neptune, Omaha Beach" after-action document, published in September 1944 by the History Section of ETOUSA. This 380-page comprehensive volume is an incredible piece of living history, featuring its original "SECRET" security classification block personally initialed and authorized by Brigadier General William M. Hoge, Commander of the Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group. The report contains a meticulously detailed, on-the-spot logistical and tactical breakdown of the Omaha Beach landings compiled by a combat history team that landed on D+3, detailing the operations of the 5th and 6th Engineer Special Brigades and the 11th Port. Complete with its original cover art featuring the Combined Operations insignia, a detailed inner title page with the iconic seahorse crest, tactical sector maps (covering Charlie, Dog, Easy, and Fox sectors), and Appendix G's exclusive Roster of Key Officers (6 June - 26 June 1944), this is copy #148 of a strictly limited wartime printing of only 1,000 copies. Highly coveted by premium military historians and elite D-Day collectors, original examples of this definitive logistical blueprint are extremely scarce on the open market.

From a local estate - extemely rare .