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Synopsis
June 6, 1944: the Allies launch the largest combined aerial and amphibious assault in modern history. Taking the Germans by surprise, they storm the heavily fortified defences at the beachheads along the Normandy coast. The cost in Allied lives is enormous (nearly 10,000 lost at Omaha alone), but the long-awaited Second Front is finally opened, marking the beginning of the end for Hitler's Third Reich. 50 years later, we are still trying to come to grips with the impact of what General Dwight Eisenhower called "this great and noble undertaking". In "D-Day 1944" 20 authors reassess the meanings and lessons of this monumental event and show why it retains such a prominent place in our national memory. Drawing upon a vast array of newly available archival sources, these authors extend and revise our understanding of coalition warmaking, the controversy over opening the Second Front, the logistics of operations "Bolero" and "Overlord", air and naval operations, small unit training and combat, the unique contributions of "special forces" and of "Ultra" and "Fortitude" intelligence, the war zone experience for French civilians, Eisenhower's leadership, and the comparative performances of the American, British and Canadian forces in combat. "D-Day 1944" also features valuable eyewitness commentaries by General Omar Bradley, Vice-Admiral Friedrich Ruge (German Navy), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Don Whitehead, and George Marshall's biographer Forrest Pogue. Together, these essays remind us why a half century later D-Day remains one of the true defining moments of World War II.
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'D-Day 1944 Contains essays by the world's leading scholars on the invasion of France, covering all aspects of the greatest amphibious assault in history, combining new information and scholarship in a highly readable and instructive volume. Recommended without hesitation or qualification.' -Stephen E. Ambrose
About the Author
Theodore A. Wilson, professor of history at the University of Kansas, is author or editor of five other books including The Makers of Modern Dipomacy, World War II: Critical Issues, The Marshall Plan, 1947-1951, and The First Summit: Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay, 1941.
Contributors: General Omar Bradley, Robert Berlin, Raymond Callahan, Alexander S. Cochran, Alex Danchev, John S.D. Eisenhower, Arthur L. Funk, Robin Higham, David Hogan, Maurice Matloff, Forrest Pogue, Vice Admiral Friederich Ruge, Max Schoenfeld, Kevin Smith, Mark A. Stoler, Gerhard Weinberg, Don Whitehead, Theodore A. Wilson, Alan Wilt.
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- PublisherUniv Pr of Kansas
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0700606734
- ISBN 13 9780700606733
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages390
- EditorWilson Theodore A.
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