Our first “Album Mémorial” with over 1,000 photographs appeared in July 1983, and proved to be a tremendous success. In both French and English, during a period when similar works were scarce, it sold close to 50,000 copies during the following decade. While the times may have changed, this album has taken on a mythical quality and is still fulfilling the need for a detailed description of the landing and Normandy battle. Twenty-seven years later, here is a newly updated account of this dramatic period from history in all its splendor.