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Do you crave a thrilling adventure that will transport you to one of history's most remarkable moments?
Go no further! This book will immerse you in the complexities of Operation Overlord, more often known as D-Day.
Join me on an exciting journey as we investigate the painstaking preparation and strategic genius that resulted in the greatest seaborne invasion in history. You'll feel like you're right there with them as you read about the German...
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Relive D-Day for the first time! From the opening reports of paratroop landings by German broadcasters to the evening prayer of President Roosevelt, listen to each heart-stopping hour of live broadcasting from one of the most momentous days of the twentieth century. The Allies have landed at Normandy! A 4,000-ship armada! Heavy bombardments! Paratroopers! You will hear twenty-four full hours of crackling reports from London Radio; Eisenhower's Order...
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They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not hand grenades, shooting .22s at rabbits, not M-1s at other men. But when the test came, when freedom had to be fought for or abandoned, they fought. They were soldiers of democracy. They were the men of D-Day. When Hitler declared war on the United States, he bet that the young men brought up in the Hitler Youth would outfight the youngsters brought up in the Boy Scouts. Now, in this magnificent retelling...
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In burnished, driving prose, John Keegan chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, from D-Day to the liberation of Paris. At the same time, he furthers his exploration of the “role which warfare and its institutions play in social life” by showing how each of the six armies, while resembling one another in purpose and authority, is a mirror of its own nation's values. Each army is shown at successive stages of the invasion in a battle sequence...
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