Dispatches in this volume include the Dispatch on air operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in North West Europe between November 1943 and September 1944, the dispatch on the assault phase of the Normandy landings June 1944, dispatch on operations of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force in Operation Overlord – the invasion of Europe 1944, the dispatch on operations in North West Europe between 6 June 1944 and 5 May 1945, by Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Commander 21st Army Group, the dispatch on the final stages of the naval war in North West Europe, and, as an addition, the dispatch on the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history.