D-Day - 6 June, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II - Softcover

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847397611 ISBN 13: 9781847397614

Publisher: Hinkler Books, 2009

Synopsis

The book begins at midnight, 5-6 June 1944, when the first British and American airborne troops penetrated France and launched the invasion. What happens in between is covered from every perspective: the high command, the enlisted ranks, the French civilians the German defenders, and Allied attackers by land, sea and air. Drawing on more than 500 interviews and oral histories, the book looks at the individuals involved and their experiences rather than units. Moving from Ike's level to that of a French child, from Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Montgomery to a British private, from Rommel to a German sergeant at the point of the attack, the book tells stories from the people who were there.

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Review:

Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day: June 6, 1944 relies on over 1,400 interviews with veterans, as well as prodigious research in military archives on both sides of the Atlantic. He provides a comprehensive history of the invasion which also eloquently testifies as to how common soldiers performed extraordinary feats. A major theme of the book, upon which Ambrose would later expand in Citizen Soldiers, is how the soldiers from the democratic Allied nations rose to the occasion and outperformed German troops thought to be invincible. The many small stories that Ambrose collected from paratroopers, sailors, infantrymen, and civilians make the excitement, confusion, and sheer terror of D-day come alive on the page. --Robert McNamara

Review:

John Lehman

"The Wall Street Journal"

Definitive...His evidence is overwhelming.

Raleigh Trevelyan

"The New York Times Book Review"

"D-Day" is mostly about people, but goes even further in evoking the horror, the endurance, the daring and, indeed, the human failings at Omaha Beach...Outstanding.

Thomas B. Buell

"Chicago Tribune"

Historians and public alike should be profoundly grateful to Ambrose...for assembling this comprehensive and permanent record that will be forever a resource for remembering Normandy.

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

"The New York Times"

Reading this history, you can understand why for so many of its participants,

despite all the death surrounding them, life revealed itself in that moment at

that place.

San Francisco Chronicle Packed with drama and information, never losing sight of the horrors of combat, Ambrose's "D-Day" is the best book yet on what many historians consider to be the most important day of the twentieth century

Wall Street Journal Definitive ... His evidence is overwhelming

The New York Times Book Review "D-Day" is mostly about people, but goes even further in evoking the horror, the endurance, the daring and indeed, the human failings at Omaha Beach... Outstanding

John Lehman"The Wall Street Journal"Definitive...His evidence is overwhelming.

Raleigh Trevelyan"The New York Times Book Review""D-Day" is mostly about people, but goes even further in evoking the horror, the endurance, the daring and, indeed, the human failings at Omaha Beach...Outstanding.

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt"The New York Times"Reading this history, you can understand why for so many of its participants, despite all the death surrounding them, life revealed itself in that moment atthat place.

Thomas B. Buell"Chicago Tribune"Historians and public alike should be profoundly grateful to Ambrose...for assembling this comprehensive and permanent record that will be forever a resource for remembering Normandy.

John Lehman "The Wall Street Journal" Definitive...His evidence is overwhelming.

Raleigh Trevelyan "The New York Times Book Review" "D-Day" is mostly about people, but goes even further in evoking the horror, the endurance, the daring and, indeed, the human failings at Omaha Beach...Outstanding.

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt "The New York Times" Reading this history, you can understand why for so many of its participants, despite all the death surrounding them, life revealed itself in that moment at that place.

Thomas B. Buell "Chicago Tribune" Historians and public alike should be profoundly grateful to Ambrose...for assembling this comprehensive and permanent record that will be forever a resource for remembering Normandy.

John Lehman The Wall Street Journal Definitive...His evidence is overwhelming.

Raleigh Trevelyan The New York Times Book Review D-Day is mostly about people, but goes even further in evoking the horror, the endurance, the daring and, indeed, the human failings at Omaha Beach...Outstanding.

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The New York Times Reading this history, you can understand why for so many of its participants, despite all the death surrounding them, life revealed itself in that moment at that place.

Thomas B. Buell Chicago Tribune Historians and public alike should be profoundly grateful to Ambrose...for assembling this comprehensive and permanent record that will be forever a resource for remembering Normandy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hinkler Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847397611
• ISBN 13: 9781847397614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 668