Lot 18
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EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969). Typescript with autograph emendations and additions, 'The Decision', [1964], part of an article written for a special number of Paris Match in honour of the 20th anniversary of D-Day, explaining the grounds for the last-minute postponement of the landings: 'Originally we had selected June 5th as the day to launch the assault ... Success could be achieved only with the proper timing of the tides -- a half-tide at dawn to permit the clearing of obstacles and high tide soon thereafter to allow landing craft to come in -- a good mooon to aid in an air drop of men, and at least half an hour of daylight before the touchdown of our first landing craft to allow for final bombardment', one page, folio (browning)
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EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969). Typescript with autograph emendations and additions, 'The Decision', [1964], part of an article written for a special number of Paris Match in honour of the 20th anniversary of D-Day, explaining the grounds for the last-minute postponement of the landings: 'Originally we had selected June 5th as the day to launch the assault ... Success could be achieved only with the proper timing of the tides -- a half-tide at dawn to permit the clearing of obstacles and high tide soon thereafter to allow landing craft to come in -- a good mooon to aid in an air drop of men, and at least half an hour of daylight before the touchdown of our first landing craft to allow for final bombardment', one page, folio (browning)

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EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969). Typescript with autograph emendations and additions, 'The Decision', [1964], part of an article written for a special number of Paris Match in honour of the 20th anniversary of D-Day, explaining the grounds for the last-minute postponement of the landings: 'Originally we had selected June 5th as the day to launch the assault ... Success could be achieved only with the proper timing of the tides -- a half-tide at dawn to permit the clearing of obstacles and high tide soon thereafter to allow landing craft to come in -- a good mooon to aid in an air drop of men, and at least half an hour of daylight before the touchdown of our first landing craft to allow for final bombardment', one page, folio (browning)
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