Decision in Normandy - Hardcover

D'Este, Carlo

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Synopsis

An account of how two years of intense, detailed planning reached its successful conclusion when the Allied forces took the beaches of Normandy on D Day. But the 76-day campaign that followed, the Allies' crucial bid for a toehold in western Europe, was one of the bloodiest of World War II.

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About the Author

Carlo D'Este, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a distinguished military historian, is the author of the acclaimed biographies Patton: A Genius for War and Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, among other books on World War II. He lives in Massachusetts.

Review

"The best-researched, best-written account [of the Normandy campaign] I have ever read." -- -- New York Times Book Review

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