Voices from D-Day - Hardcover

Bastable, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715317903 ISBN 13: 9780715317907

Publisher: David & Charles, 2004

Synopsis

D-Day, June 6th, 1944, was the momentous turning point in World War II. More than that, it was a pivotal day in human history. On that morning, the largest armada every assembled carried 150,000 men - British, American, Canadian - across the English Channel. Those men set down on a bleak and heavily fortified stretch of the Normandy coast, where they fought to end what Churchill called ?the new dark age? of Nazi domination. Compiled from contemporary letters and diaries, ?Voices From D-Day? features first hand accounts of the Normandy landing, from both sides of the battle. Here, readers will find the voices of the great military planners, Churchill, Patton and Eisenhower, alongside tales of the battle from the ordinary soldier under intense fire, the French people watching the invasion and the German soldiers, facing the unexpected enormity of Operation Overlord.

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Review:

"...the pick of the crop...for human interest nothing compares with Jonathan Bastable's Voices from D-Day..." -- Financial Times

Excellent...a vivid oral history in which those who fought tell the story of the landings and their aftermath...a terrific read. -- Yorkshire Post, 24 April, 2004

About the Author:

Jonathan Bastable began his career as a feature writer for The Sunday Times Magazine, where he was awarded a Reuters prize. He is now an experienced writer, editor and journalist and regularly contributes to Conde Nast Traveller. He is currently working on two novels and lives in Brighton.

About this edition

• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0715317903
• ISBN 13: 9780715317907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320