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As near as possible to experiencing what it was like to be there... It is almost impossible for a reader not to get caught up in the excitement -- Giles Foden Guardian No writer can surpass Beevor in making sense of a crowded battlefield and in balancing the explanation of tactical manoeuvres with poignant flashes of human detail -- Christopher Silvester Daily Express
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The #1 internationally bestselling history of D-Day is now enhanced with rare video footage from the NBC News Archives for the ultimate narrative of the battle for Normandy.
"Glorious, horrifying...D-Day is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women."—Time
Antony Beevor —the man who "single-handedly transgormed the reputation of military history" (The Guardian—presents the first major account of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris in more than twenty years. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French civilians caught up in the fighting. Beevor draws upon research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews to produce the consummate account of the invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to Paris's liberation.
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The longest month,
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Most of the accounts of the allied landings in Normandy suggest that, after the success of the operation on D-day, the victory of the Allies was never in question. It was not so. For the allies and for the Germans, the longest day was followed by the two longest months. This book by Anthony Beevor is perhaps the best account I have read of the battle of Normandy. It reestablishes the true scale of the fighting in France during the months of June and July 1944. As importantly, it also reminds us of all the human suffering that accompanied this battle.The allied command feared that the first wave of landing troops could experience up to 90% casualties. This was not so, and the landing went a lot better than expected. But the invading armies fell very short of their too ambitious objectives for the first day. Soon, they faced some of the crack units of the wehrmacht, and their progression was slow and costly. The allied had the advantage of overwhelming air superiority and of the support of the big guns on the battleships. The Germans never had a chance to push the allied forces back to the sea but they fought with greater determination than many of the allied divisions. For more than a month, British and Canadian troops progressed at snail's pace on the eastern part of the front. It took more than a month for the Americans to break the deadlock in the western part of the front. Then the German line collapsed: Paris was liberated; the allies reached Antwerp in September. Like in his previous books, the author never loses track of the human perspective. After reading this book, I can measure better than before the terrible cost of the battle of Normandy. It was a battle of attrition that the Germans had no hope to win, but victory came at a very heavy price for the allies. Even if the intensity of the fighting was never as extreme as on the eastern front, it was a ferocious battle and there were atrocities on both sides. Very few SS soldiers surrendered, but even fewer reached a POW camp. Fortunately, there were also acts of mercy and compassion on both sides. Both the Allied and the Germans suffered about 200,000 casualties during the battle. The cost was heavy also for the French population of Normandy where more than 20,000 civilians were killed in the fighting. This book gives a gripping account not only of the battle, but of all the sufferings and human tragedies that went with it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Hardcover)
Anthony Beevor has done it again. D-Day is a thrilling account of June 6, 1944. It is well researched and is very readable. In addition his writing is balanced including perspectives from the British, Canadians, Americans, and of course the Germans.
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Beevor is not a great writer however, he does know a lot about his subject,
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I just finished Anthony Beevor's book and I can recommend it but not strongly. For those of you who are aware of Anthony Beevor's previous work on The Fall of Berlin 1945, the Battle of Stalingrad you'll find this book is very consistent with those previous works. Beevor is not a great writer, however, he does know a lot about his subject and provide a lot of details. Like his other books however, I find myself getting lost in the details and sometimes, it appears that he went too far into the details without contextualizing them or humanizing them. I found the same with his previous books on Berlin and Stalingrad.I think but I don't know because I am not an expert historian that there is a fair bit of really interesting new information in this book in particular. In particular, he does a great job incorporating the incredible achievement of the ultra intercepts into the narrative. Beevor has a particular and well argued dislike for British General Montgomery. However, if this is your first book on D-Day, I recommend instead John Keegan's great work "Six Armies in Normandy" or a Max Hasting's "Overlord" as better reads.
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