D-Day
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D-Day

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

"The Allied landings in 1944 had all the prospects for disaster. Churchill thought he would be woken up to be told of massive casualties. Eisenhower prepared a somber broadcast announcing that the enterprise had failed.The specter of failure was always present. After a failed landing the Nazi regime would have regained the ascendant. New, terrifying bombs and rockets were ready to be launched. Long-distance submarines were in the final stage of development. The last million Jews of Europe were listed for deportation and death.Failure at Normandy could have given Hitler the chance of continuing to rule western Europe, particularly if the United States, bloodied and defeated in Normandy, had decided-after two and a half years of focusing on Europe-to turn all its energies to the ever-growing demands of the Pacific, leaving Europe to its own devices. Had that happened, I doubt if I would have been alive to write this book, or free to express my opinions without fear of arrest."
--Martin Gilbert

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Information

Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780470373019
eBook ISBN
9781118130940
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. List of Maps
  9. Chapter 1: The Genesis of a Plan
  10. Chapter 2: Adversaries and Allies
  11. Chapter 3: Toward Overlord
  12. Chapter 4: Preparations Intensify
  13. Chapter 5: Planning and Deception
  14. Chapter 6: The Mounting Costs
  15. Chapter 7: The Month of May
  16. Chapter 8: The First Five Days of June
  17. Chapter 9: D-Day: From Midnight to Dawn
  18. Chapter 10: D-Day: Fighting on Land Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword
  19. Chapter 11: Establishing the Beachhead
  20. Chapter 12: Beyond the Point of No Return
  21. Maps
  22. Bibliography of Works Consulted
  23. Index