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

Ambrose, Stephen E.

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ISBN 10: 068480137X ISBN 13: 9780684801377

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 1995

Riassunto

Stephen E. Ambrose&;s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II&;s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.

D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Distinguished historian Stephen E. Ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism, fear and determination&;what Eisenhower called &;the fury of an aroused democracy&;&;that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom Hitler had disparaged.Drawing on more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion had to be abandoned, and how enlisted men and junior officers acted on their own initiative when they realized that nothing was as they were told it would be.

The action begins at midnight, June 5/6, when the first British and American airborne troops jumped into France. It ends at midnight June 6/7. Focusing on those pivotal twenty-four hours, it moves from the level of Supreme Commander to that of a French child, from General Omar Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Field Marshal Montgomery to a German sergeant.

Ambrose&;s D-Day is the finest account of one of our history&;s most important days.

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Recensione:

'Although it reads like a novel, hundreds of eye-witness accounts give this book the ring of truth: feelings of cowardice or bewilderment, anger at one's superiors or sheer paralysing fear . . . Ambrose takes us through the complex invasion plan and keeps us abreast of the political wranglings behind the scenes, but . . . never loses sight of the ordinary man on the ground. Although the emphasis is on the bravery of these 'soldiers of democracy', we also see them shell-shocked, leaderless or losing their minds. If you want to know what the Normandy landings were really like, this is the book to read.' GUARDIAN
'An exceptional account of the day that shaped the rest of the 20th century' NORTH WEST EVENING MAIL, READING EVENING POST

L'autore:

Stephen E. Ambrose, the Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans, is Director of the Eisenhower Center and President of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He is the author of numerous works of history, including Band of Brothers and Pegasus Bridge, as well as of a two-volume biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He lives in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 068480137X
• ISBN 13: 9780684801377
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 688