D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stephen E. Ambrose
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:656
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130
Category/GenreHistory
Military history
ISBN/Barcode 9781471158261
ClassificationsDewey:940.542142
Audience
General
Edition Reissue
Illustrations 2x16pp plates

Publishing Details

Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication Date 5 May 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.