D-day: June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches - Brossura

Ambrose, Stephen E.

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ISBN 10: 0743449746 ISBN 13: 9780743449748

Casa editrice: Simon + Schuster UK, 2002

Riassunto

On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author and World War II historian Stephen E. Ambrose reveals for the first time anywhere that the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944 had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. The true story of D-Day, as Ambrose relates it, is about the citizen soldiers - junior officers and enlisted men - taking the initiative to act on their own to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall when they realised that nothing was as they had been told it would be. D-DAY is the brilliant, no holds barred, telling of the battles of Omaha and Utah beaches. Ambrose relives the epic victory of democracy on the most important day of the twentieth century.

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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, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE. He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.

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• Editore: Simon + Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743449746
• ISBN 13: 9780743449748
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 656