D-Day Illustrated Edition
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D-Day Illustrated Edition

  1. 768 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

D-Day Illustrated Edition

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781471136665
eBook ISBN
9781471136672
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Also by Stephen E. Ambrose
  4. The Climactic Battle June 6, 1944 of World War II
  5. Title page
  6. Copyright page
  7. Dedication page
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Praise
  10. Contents
  11. Prologue
  12. 1. THE DEFENDERS
  13. 2. THE ATTACKERS
  14. 3. THE COMMANDERS
  15. 4. WHERE AND WHEN?
  16. 5. UTILIZING ASSETS
  17. 6. PLANNING AND PREPARING
  18. 7. TRAINING
  19. 8. MARSHALING AND BRIEFING
  20. 9. LOADING
  21. 10. DECISION TO GO
  22. 11. CRACKING THE ATLANTIC WALL
  23. 12. “LET’S GET THOSE BASTARDS”
  24. 13. “THE GREATEST SHOW EVER STAGED”
  25. 14. A LONG, ENDLESS COLUMN OF SHIPS
  26. 15. “WE’LL START THE WAR FROM RIGHT HERE”
  27. 16. “NOUS RESTONS ICI”
  28. 17. VISITORS TO HELL
  29. 18. UTTER CHAOS REIGNED
  30. 19. TRAFFIC JAM
  31. 20. “I AM A DESTROYER MAN”
  32. 21. “WILL YOU TELL ME HOW WE DID THIS?”
  33. 22. UP THE BLUFF AT VIERVILLE
  34. 23. CATASTROPHE CONTAINED
  35. 24. STRUGGLE FOR THE HIGH GROUND
  36. 25. “IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC
  37. 26. THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH
  38. 27. “FAIRLY STUFFED WITH GADGETS”
  39. 28. “EVERYTHING WAS WELL ORDERED”
  40. 29. PAYBACK
  41. 30. “AN UNFORGETTABLE SIGHT”
  42. 31. “MY GOD, WE’VE DONE IT”
  43. 32. “WHEN CAN THEIR GLORY FADE?”
  44. Glossary
  45. Endnotes
  46. Bibliography
  47. Appendix: Veterans who contributed oral histories or written memoirs to the Eisenhower Center as of August 13, 1993
  48. Photo Credits
  49. Index
  50. THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM