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About this book
On June 6 1944 - 'D-Day' - Allied troops landed in France, opening a way to eventual victory. In this provocative reappraisal of the Second World War, John Grigg suggests that the Allied invasion could have been launched successfully in the previous year, reducing considerably the scale of the war's human tragedy.
'By 1943, Grigg notes, we already had air supremacy in the ETO and more than enough trained troops to launch a cross-Channel invasion; besides, with the Wehrmacht still deep in Russia, German supply lines would have been stretched to the breaking point. Had the Western Allies liberated only France and Belgium in 1943, speculates Grigg, they could have negotiated with Stalin from a position of strength.'
Kirkus Review
'A forceful, argumentative, disputatious book, intended to make people think over old prejudices and discard them.'
Economist
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface to the 1999 Edition
- Preface
- PART ONE: FROM PEARL HARBOR TO “TORCH”
- PART TWO: ASPECTS OF 1943
- PART THREE: QUESTIONS AND ARGUMENTS
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Copyright