Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day
Autor Giles Miltonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 mar 2019
An epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships and 20,000 armoured vehicles, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics - of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defences were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story - Allied, German, French - has never fully been told.
Giles Milton's bold new history narrates the events of June 6th, 1944 through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht's bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto remained unheard - the French butcher's daughter, the Panzer Commander's wife, the chauffeur to the General Staff.
This vast canvas of human bravado reveals "the longest day" as never before - less as a masterpiece of strategic planning than a day on which thousands of scared young men found themselves staring death in the face. It is drawn in its entirety from the raw, unvarnished experiences of those who were there.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250134929
ISBN-10: 1250134927
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 x 45 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: PICADOR
ISBN-10: 1250134927
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 x 45 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: PICADOR
Notă biografică
Giles Milton
Cuprins
CONTENTS
Maps
Preface
Prologue
PART I: KNOW THY ENEMY
1. Behind Enemy Lines
2. Atlantic Wall
3. The Weather Report
4. Codebreaking
PART II: MIDNIGHT
5. The Midnight Hour
6. At German Headquarters
7. Landing by Moonlight
PART III: THE NIGHT
8. Sainte-Mère-Église
9. Night Assault
10. First Light
PART IV: DAWN
11. On Utah Beach
12. In Coastal Waters
13. Omaha
14. Easy Red
PART V: FOOTHOLD
15. Gold
16. Juno
17. Cliff-top Guns
18. The Mad Bastard
PART VI: TOWARDS NOON
19. Deadlock on Omaha
20. Cracks in the Wall
21. Race to the Bridge
PART VII: AFTERNOON
22. The Bombing of Caen
23. Counter-Attack
24. Victory at Omaha
PART VIII: WIN OR LOSE
25. Frontier Fighting
26. Panzer Attack
27. Twilight
28. Night
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Notes and Sources
Bibliography
Index