Format:
655, [32] S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
0-671-67334-3
Content:
On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer 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
Content:
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 realized that nothing was as they had been told it would be
Content:
This is a brilliant telling of the battles of Omaha and Utah beaches, based on information only now available, from American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, from government and private archives, from never before utilized sources on the home front, gathered and analyzed by the author, who has made D-Day his life work. Ambrose's first interview was with General Eisenhower in 1964, his last with paratroopers from the 101st Airborne in 1993
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Operation Overlord
;
Alliierte
;
Militärische Planung
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Invasion
;
Historische Darstellung
Author information:
Ambrose, Stephen E. 1936-2002
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