Subtitle from jacket.

"Based on the book 'The guns at last light' by Rick Atkinson, published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Allied countries and chain of command -- Axis countries and chain of command -- World War II timeline -- Key players -- The plan -- The invasion -- 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 -- Glossary -- Places to visit.

Presents, for young readers, an adaptation of the best-selling "The guns at last light" to commemorate the historical significance of D-Day, tracing the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of Western Europe through the end of World War II.