D-Day
June 6, 1944: The Battle For The Normandy Beaches
$31.35
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2016
Summary
On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, bestselling author 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 the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471158261 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471158268 |
| Author: | Stephen E. Ambrose |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 512g |
| Dimensions: | 53mm x 132mm x 199mm |
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Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.
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