Name: Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
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Author: James Holland
ISBN: 9780802148964

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Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

Type

Physical Book

Author

James Holland

Publisher

Grove Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

864

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 13.7 x 5.1 cm

Weight

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9780802148964

Synopsis "Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France "

On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a new history of the momentous Normandy campaign with fresh insights from award-winning historian James Holland D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west--the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy--a campaign that, in terms of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I--come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others. For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength--delivered with operational brilliance--made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy '44 offers important new perspective on one of history's most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war.

James Holland

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James Holland is a historian and writer. He is the author of numerous books specializing in World War II, and has created, directed, and presented numerous historical outreach programs and series on BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, History, and Discovery. He is also a co-founder of the Chalke Valley History Festival and co-founder of WarGen.org, a website dedicated to World War II resources. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society.

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