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D-Day

June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WW II

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D-Day

By: Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
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 Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.

D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Distinguished historian Stephen E. Ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism, fear and determination—what Eisenhower called “the fury of an aroused democracy”—that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom Hitler had disparaged.

Drawing on more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion had to be abandoned, and how enlisted men and junior officers acted on their own initiative when they realized that nothing was as they were told it would be.

The action begins at midnight, June 5/6, when the first British and American airborne troops jumped into France. It ends at midnight June 6/7. Focusing on those pivotal twenty-four hours, it moves from the level of Supreme Commander to that of a French child, from General Omar Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Field Marshal Montgomery to a German sergeant. Ambrose’s D-Day is the finest account of one of our history’s most important days. 20th Century Europe Military Modern War Imperialism US Army Air Force Submarine
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Having read many D-day invasion accounts I can say without fear of contradiction, that you will not find a finer, more detailed and moving one than this. Shocking , moving and rousing in equal measure.

The definitive D-Day account.

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A thorough and well-researched account. Pleased that it covered all the national armies involved, not just the US. Occasionally seemed a bit repetitive.

The narrator occaisonally mispronounced British words. The book contained some strong language. Some quite graphic and horrific scenes were described.

Overall, I got what I wanted from this book, which was to know and understand something of what actually happened that day. A very sobering account of the bravery of so many.

Thorough account

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a great listen sadly let down by the narrator not being able to prounce english town names & counties properly some research need before narrating

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This was a great audio book and very informative although it was mainly about the yanks! There wasn't much said about the British and Canadian beaches

Very little about the British and Canadians

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Overall not bad, and very informative, but not as engaging as the 101st book.

Gets quite repetitive at times as it seemingly references the same events, at times I thought I’d accidentally hit next/previous chapter. As others have said it’s also pretty biased. I’m sure there’s a good amount of truth to it, but it all feels heavily weighted to the USA being all conquering, and only admits that they also failed in objectives in the last few paragraphs.

Not bad, but a little repetitive and biased

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