D-Day: June 6, 1944 -- The Climactic Battle of WWII

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Simon 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
FAIRLY STUFFED WITH GADGETS
509
EVERYTHING WAS WELL ORDERED
519
PAYBACK
531
AN UNFORGETTABLE SIGHT
549
MY GOD WEVE DONE IT
567
WHEN CAN THEIR GLORY FADE?
576
Glossary
585
Bibliography
613
Index
633
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Historian Stephen E. Ambrose grew up in Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Louisiana. Ambrose is considered to be one of the foremost historical scholars of recent times and has been a professor for over three decades. He is also the founder and president of the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. His works include D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West. Abrose served historical consultant on the motion picture Saving Private Ryan.

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