Saint Mere Eglise First American Bridgehead in France D-Day 6 June 1944 Alexandre Renaud War Time Mayor of Sainte-Mere Eglise: Personal Account AS NEW

Paris: Editions Julliard, 1986. First English Edition. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Royal octavo [27.5cm/10.75inches], paperbound auction catalogue with pictorial covers, pp. 140. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. ... The town's main claim to fame is that it played a significant part in the World War II Normandy landings because this village stood right in the middle of route N13, which the Germans would have most likely used on any significant counterattack on the troops landing on Utah and Omaha Beaches. In the early morning of 6 June 1944 mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Operation Boston, giving it the claim to be one of the first towns liberated in the invasion. ... Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard. Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard. Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the managing director, Christian Bourgois, took over the publishing house. Éditions Julliard was soon repurchased by the publishing house Presses de la Cité. Christian Bourgois created his own publishing house in 1966. 1953, André Frank and Jean-Louis Barrault created the review of the Renaud-Barrault books (Les Cahiers Renaud-Barrault), published at Éditions Julliard until Julliard's death, then at Éditions Gallimard. Éditions Julliard was revived in the 1980s, when Christian Bourgois decided to appoint Élisabeth Gille as literary director. They sought out and published new talents, such as Lydie Salvayre and Régine Detambel, but also the great names of Éditions Julliard, like Françoise Sagan. n.