D-Day 1944 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0700606742 ISBN 13 : 9780700606740

Editeur : University Press of Kansas, 1994

Synopsis

June 6, 1944: the Allies launch the largest combined aerial and amphibious assault in modern history. Taking the Germans by surprise, they storm the heavily fortified defenses at the beachheads along the Normandy coast. The cost in allied lives is enormous (nearly 10,000 lost at Omaha alone), but the long-awaited Second Front is finally opened, marking the beginning of the end for Hitler's Third Reich.

We are still trying to come to grips with the impact of what General Dwight Eisenhower called "this great and noble undertaking." In D-Day 1944 twenty noted authors reassess the meanings and lessons of this monumental event and show why it retains such a prominent place in our national memory.

Drawing upon a vast array of newly available archival sources, these authors extend and revise our understanding of coalition warmaking, the controversy over opening the Second Front, the logistics of operations BOLERO and OVERLORD, air and naval operations, small unit training and combat, the unique contributions of "special forces" and of ULTRA and FORTITUDE intelligence, the war zone experience for French civilians, Eisenhower's military and diplomatic leadership, and the comparative performances of the American, British, and Canadian forces in combat.

Combining crisp analysis with provocative insights, D-Day 1944 also features a foreword by prominent historian John Eisenhower, as well as valuable eyewitness commentaries by General Omar Bradley, Vice-Admiral Friedrich Ruge (German Navy), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Don Whitehead, and George Marshall's biographer Forrest Pogue. Together these essays remind us why a half century later D-Day remains one of the true defining moments of this epochal conflict.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Theodore A. Wilson, professor of history at the University of Kansas, is author or editor of five other books including The Makers of Modern Diplomacy, World War II: Critical Issues, The Marshall Plan, 1947-1951, and Building Warriors: Selection and Training of U.S. Ground Combat Forces in World War II.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Kansas
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0700606742
• ISBN 13: 9780700606740
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 390
• Éditeur: Wilson Theodore A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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