D-Day: June 6, 1944 -- The Climactic Battle of WWIISimon and Schuster, 1994. 6. 6. - 655ÆäÀÌÁö On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer 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 realized that nothing was as they had been told it would be. This is a brilliant telling of the battles of Omaha and Utah beaches, based on information only now available, from American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, from government and private archives, from never before utilized sources on the home front, gathered and analyzed by the author, who has made D-Day his life work. Ambrose's first interview was with General Eisenhower in 1964, his last with paratroopers from the 101st Airborne in 1993. Called the premier American narrative and military historian, Ambrose explains the most important day of the twentieth century. The action begins at midnight, June 5/6, when the first British and American airborne troops jumped into France to launch the invasion. It ends at midnight, June 6/7. Focusing on those pivotal twenty-four hours, this is the story of individuals rather than units. It moves from the level of Supreme Commander to that of a French child, from General Omar Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Field Marshal Montgomery to a British private, from Field Marshal Rommel to a German sergeant. Ambrose covers the politics of D-Day, from Churchill's resistance to the operation to Stalin's impatience and Roosevelt's concern. On the other side were Hitler's command structure, German policy, and the plot against the Fuhrer. This is the epic victory of democracy in winner-take-all combat. When Hitler declared war on the United States, he bet that the young men brought up in the Hitler Youth would outfight the Boy Scouts. Ambrose shows how wrong he was. |
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Prologue | 19 |
THE DEFENDERS | 27 |
THE ATTACKERS | 39 |
THE COMMANDERS | 58 |
WHERE AND WHEN? | 71 |
UTILIZING ASSETS | 90 |
PLANNING AND PREPARING | 107 |
TRAINING | 130 |
TRAFFIC JAM | 361 |
I AM A Destroyer Man | 381 |
WILL YOU TELL ME HOW WE DID THIS? | 398 |
UP THE BLUFF AT VIERVILLE | 418 |
CATASTROPHE CONTAINED | 434 |
STRUGGLE FOR THE HIGH GROUND | 451 |
IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC | 472 |
THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH | 486 |
MARSHALing and BRIEFING | 151 |
LOADING | 166 |
DECISION TO GO | 178 |
CRACKING THE ATLAntic Wall | 196 |
LETS GET THOSE BASTARDS | 225 |
THE GREATEST SHOW EVER STAGED | 239 |
A LONG ENDLESS COLUMN OF SHIPS | 254 |
WELL Start the WAR FROM RIGHT HERE | 275 |
Nous RESTONS ICI | 294 |
VISITORS TO HELL | 320 |
UTTER CHAOS REIGNED | 346 |
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