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Countdown to D-Day

The German Perspective

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Countdown to D-Day

By: Peter Margaritis
Narrated by: Roger Clark
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In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness.

His superior, theater commander, crusty old Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who had led the Reich to victory in the early years of the war, is now fed up with the whole Nazi regime. He lives comfortably in a plush villa in a quiet Paris suburb, waiting for the inevitable Allied invasion that will bring about their final defeat.

General der Artillerie Erich Marcks, badly injured in Russia, is the corps commander on the ground in Normandy, trying to build up the coastal defenses with woefully inadequate supplies and a shortage of men to fulfill Rommel's demands. Marcks is convinced that the Allies will land in his sector, but no one higher up the chain of command seems interested in what he thinks.

Countdown to D-Day takes a detailed day-to-day journal approach, tracing the daily activities and machinations of the German High Command as they try to prepare for the Allied invasion.

©2019 Peter Margaritis (P)2019 Tantor Europe France Germany Military Military & War World War II Western Europe War Imperialism Inspiring Middle Ages

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it was nice to hear about ww2 from a German perspective, they wasn't all monster's they to had families,I found myself feeling tremendous sympathy for the whole war and every nationality involved.

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A very interesting narrative from a rather different perspective. I rather enjoyed this audio book but found the narrator a mite difficult to deal with. The word “of” is hardly used, place names are often mangled and it’s hard not to be reminded of John Culshaw impersonating Tom Baker occasionally and Stephen Toast mostly! Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango…….

Interesting and Peculiar

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I managed about eight hours and found the subject really interesting. However, the narration was a huge distraction. He sounded like a failed thespian trying too hard to impress. As others have commented, you needed to spend time to translate the, at times, weired and unrecognisable pronunciation of European locations. Note to self: avoid this narrator

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Rather too much emphasis on Rommel and no mention of the exception caused by our wickedly clever deception units

very good, but could have been better

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Excellent book. It is a pity that the narrator seems unable to correctly pronounce a single foreign word !!!

Great book.

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