Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion - Softcover

Stafford, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306814226 ISBN 13: 9780306814228

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2005

Synopsis

Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets-thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most remarkable moments. David Stafford has written a riveting account of ten of those ordinary men and women-including an American paratrooper, a German soldier, a nineteen-year-old English woman working on secret codes, a Parisian Jew in hiding, and a daring French resistance cell-as they lived through ten very extraordinary days. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Stafford gives readers a fresh point of entry into one of the most significant battles ever fought. Ten Days to D-Day buzzes with the pace of a novel, as Stafford moves from country to country, from character to character, including some of D-Day's leaders: Hitler, Rommel, Eisenhower, and Churchill. Stafford compellingly brings to life the final days before the invasion through the eyes of its participants, the citizens and soldiers that made history on June 6, 1944.

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Review:

""Stafford has the precious gift of making technical subjects easy to follow; he writes clearly and maintains a strong narrative flow."

"An original, absorbing and ultimately moving account of the hours leading up to [D-Day.]"

Book Description:

* Gripping World War II narrative on the countdown to D-Day by acclaimed historian David Stafford

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0306814226
• ISBN 13: 9780306814228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416