The German Army at D-day: Fighting the Invasion - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1853676055 ISBN 13: 9781853676055

Casa editrice: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, 2003

Riassunto

In June 1944 Allied troops were massing along the shores of southern England, in readiness for the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Facing them, from the Pas de Calais to Brittany, were German troops, dug in, waiting and preparing for the inevitable confrontation. This unique compilation of in-depth accounts by German commanders presents D-Day, and the events leading up to it, from the point of view of the officers entrusted with preventing the Allied landings. The accounts David Isby has selected, all written soon after the war's close for American military intelligence, cover preparations for invasion and intricately chart the development of German strategy as invasion looms. After detailing this planning stage, and the uncertain waiting, the accounts then turn to the ordeal of D-Day itself, the reactions to the first reports of troop landings, and a blow-by-blow account of the fighting. Fighting the Invasion paints a superb picture of D-Day from the German perspective, bringing home the entire experience from the initial waiting to the bitter fighting on the beaches and running battles in Normandy villages. These are first-hand accounts by German officers and commanders that have never been published before in any language.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

Unusual book

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1853676055
• ISBN 13: 9781853676055
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: Isby David C.