Atlas of the Normandy Campaign

Viewing the battlefield from the air dates back to the American Civil War when balloons allowed observation from above. The technique was refined and improved over the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 with the introduction of cameras but aerial reconnaissance really came into its own during the Second World War.

Mike Bechthold, PhD, is the Managing Director of the Juno Beach Centre and Production Coordinator of the Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Before this he was the Communications Director & Managing Editor, _Canadian Military History_, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies.
He has led over 20 groups of students, academics, high school teachers, military officers and the general public on tours of the Canadian battlefields in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Mike is also an accomplished cartographer. His work has been published in hundreds of books, journals, and magazines as well as being used in museum exhibits and online galleries.