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Soldier, sailor, frogman, spy, airman, gangster, kill or die, how the Allies won on D-day, Giles Milton

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Soldier, sailor, frogman, spy, airman, gangster, kill or die, how the Allies won on D-day, Giles Milton

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-467) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Soldier, sailor, frogman, spy, airman, gangster, kill or die

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bibliography

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1031917714

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Giles Milton

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how the Allies won on D-day

Summary

"An epic battle that involved 156,000 Allied men, 7,000 ships, and 20,000 armored vehicles fighting against the might of the German war machine, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics--of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defenses were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story--Allied, French, German--has never been fully told. Giles Milton's bold new history narrates the events of June 6, 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, [this book] lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped on the front line of D-Day. 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"--from dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Know thy enemy. Behind enemy lines ; Atlantic wall ; The weather report ; Codebreaking -- Midnight. The midnight hour ; At German headquarters ; Landing by moonlight -- The night. Sainte-Mère-Église ; Night assault ; First light -- Dawn. On Utah beach ; In coastal waters ; Omaha ; Easy red -- Part V: Foothold. Gold ; Juno ; Cliff-top guns ; The mad bastard -- Towards noon. Deadlock on Omaha ; Cracks in the wall ; Race to the bridge -- Afternoon. The bombing of Caen ; Counter-attack ; Victory at Omaha -- Win or lose. Frontier fighting ; Panzer attack ; Twilight ; Night

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How the Allies won on D-day

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