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Juno Beach
- Canada's D-Day Victory: June 6, 1944
- Narrated by: Steve Kehela
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory, written by prolific military historian Mark Zuehlke, recreates June 6, 1944, from start to finish in impressive detail. The retelling of this iconic day in history is incredibly well-researched, informed by both historical records and comprehensive veteran accounts. World War II buffs will find the harrowing personal stories in Juno Beach particularly compelling. American actor and voice-artist Steve Kehela gives a dramatic performance. His strong and clear voice suits this audiobook's tone precisely. His skilled pacing makes this 14-hour military tome approachable for even the armchair historian.
Summary
On June 6, 1944, the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among them were 14,500 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile-long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a dangerously exposed beach.
Drawing on personal diaries as well as military records, Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory, June 6, 1944 dramatically depicts Canada's pivotal contribution to the critical Allied battle of World War II.
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- Shakin' Stevens
- 03-05-22
Loofafaaar!
This is an interesting book, it was good to hear more details about D day and refreshing to get a view from a non British or American stand point. It’s well worth a listen.
Unfortunately the narrator is a comical let down. Admittedly place names are a matter of opinion for example Port’s Mouth and Glarrs Go. But the military terms are all over the shop. For example adjutant and Luftwaffe sound like they’re being read for first time.
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- gustishmaggi
- 14-01-22
CHECK NARRATORS PRONUNCIATION!!
I swear by all that is holy, you will never hear worse pronunciation of "Luftwaffe".
If you can put this to one side, then it's a great book. Just grit your teeth.
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- Martin K
- 14-06-19
Insights into a less told story of D-Day
This book gives a nice insight into the build-up and execution of the d-day landings on Juno Beach, through eyewitness accounts from both sides.
The narrator is average, but he has some annoying pronunciations errors like Luftwaffaah instead of Luftwaffe or german airforce. Don’t be put of though. The book is a must read/listen, if you want a bigger and more nuanced picture of D-day, than what most American/UK history books tell.
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- S. Tighe
- 21-01-22
Lost in translation
Some very strange pronunciation of words and abbreviations common in most military histories.
It let down what is otherwise a fine history.
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- Paul Macro
- 17-01-23
Great story let down by narration.
Well written story of the Canadian landings on D Day both on Juno beach and by airborne forces. Let down by yhe irritating mispronounciation of French (in particular), German and British words/names.
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- John Harris
- 20-08-21
Well Written History but Mispronunciations Grated
A well-written and engaging history. The mispronunciation of French place names, foreign names and unit names (particularly ‘Luftwaffe’) grated throughout, however.
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- mark a walters
- 23-08-21
great listen
easy to listen to great story about a little known event during the Falkland war
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- Dylan Baynham
- 30-09-22
Great story - terrible narration
As always from Mark the book is brilliant. Why you’d choose a narrator who can’t even pronounce basic English places and German words, let alone military phrases, is beyond me.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-09-23
Detailed, Informative, but terribly narrated
Incredibly detailed (perhaps too detailed?) this provides information by the spade-full, for those interested in military and Canadian history.
BUT be warned, the narrator is abysmal.
You would think it would be a prerequisite that to present such a work, would at least require some familiarity with the content. Yet this chap obliterates French place names, murders German military ranks and tortures well known Titles, Organisations etc., from start to finish.
Come on, even my 10 year old can pronounce "Luftwaffe", whilst it can't take much to think that the PIAT might sound like FIAT.
A pity, because it really detracts from an otherwise very interesting topic.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-11-21
Gripping detail
I very much enjoyed this book - the detail given from individual soldiers experience was extremely well set out and thrilling to listen to. Some of the pronunciation is a little odd ( actually very funny at times ) but didn’t detract
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