D-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose

This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.įrom the author of the definitive biography of Eisenhower comes the chronicle of the Allied invasion of Normandy, published on the 50th anniversary of the historic event. Focusing on the 24 hours of June 6, 1944, D-Day brings to life the stories of the men and women who made history - from top Allied and Axis strategic commanders to the citizen soldiers whose heroic initiative saved the day.įrom high-level politics to hand-to-hand combat, from winner-take-all strategy to survival under fire, here is history more gripping than any thriller - the epic story of democracy's victory over totalitarianism. Ambrose tells how wrong Hitler was.ĭrawing on hundreds of oral histories as well as never-before-available information from around the world, Ambrose tells the true story of how the Allies broke through Hitler's Atlantic Wall, revealing that the intricate plan for the invasion had to be abandoned before the first shot was fired. Now, in this magnificent retelling of the war's most climactic battle, acclaimed Eisenhower biographer and World War II historian Stephen E. When Hitler declared war on the United States, he bet that the young men brought up in the Hitler Youth would outfight the youngsters brought up in the Boy Scouts. But when the test came, when freedom had to be fought for or abandoned, they fought.

They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not hand grenades, shooting.

D-Day, June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose