List of maps -- Map legend -- Allied countries and chain of command -- Axis countries and chain of command -- World War II timeline -- Key players -- A note to readers -- The plan -- The invasion -- Epilogue: the days that followed -- The United States declaration of war on Germany -- The five greatest tanks of the war -- The largest battleships of the war -- The most effective bombers of the war -- Weapons carried by U.S., U.K., Canadian, and German ground troops -- Carrier pigeons -- Operation fortitude: the inflatable army -- Caring for the wounded -- Clothing and equipment issued to a new GI in 1943 -- Monthly pay for an American GI in 1940 -- What they carried - U.S. airborne divisions -- What they carried - U.S. ground assault troops -- K rations: food on the go for American troops -- Numbers tell part of the story -- Operation overlord timeline
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