D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WWII
Historian Stephen Ambrose reveals the startling fact that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1844 had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. This history of D-Day reveals the story of brave citizen soldiers--junior officers & enlisted men--who took the initiative to...
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Historian Stephen Ambrose reveals the startling fact that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1844 had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. This history of D-Day reveals the story of brave citizen soldiers--junior officers & enlisted men--who took the initiative to act on their own to penetrate Hitler's Atlantic Wall when they realized than nothing was as they were told it would be. A brilliant retelling of the battles of Omaha and Utah beaches, based on information only now available from interviews with surviving veterans, government archives, and other sources. B&W photos.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780671673345 (0671673343)
Publish date: June 6th 1994
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (NYC)
Pages no: 656
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
War,
Military,
American History,
France,
World War II,
Military History,
European History,
World History
It's incredibly thick, but once you get into it, it's quite fun to read because it's really just a lot of stories put together. Very interesting stories.
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