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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781250134929
- Book Title
- Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die : How the Allies Won on D-Day
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.9in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / France
- Item Width
- 6.8in
- Item Weight
- 24.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied - and Axis - forces. An epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships and 20,000 armoured vehicles, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics - of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defences were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story - Allied, German, French - has never fully been told. Giles Milton's bold new history narrates the events of June 6th, 1944 through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht's bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto remained unheard - the French butcher's daughter, the Panzer Commander's wife, the chauffeur to the General Staff. This vast canvas of human bravado reveals "the longest day" as never before - less as a masterpiece of strategic planning than a day on which thousands of scared young men found themselves staring death in the face. It is drawn in its entirety from the raw, unvarnished experiences of those who were there.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
1250134927
ISBN-13
9781250134929
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038798549
Product Key Features
Book Title
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die : How the Allies Won on D-Day
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / France
Publication Year
2019
Genre
History
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1.9in
Item Width
6.8in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D756.5.N6m55 2018
Reviews
"Earns its place in a crowded field by bringing a completely fresh, very human approach to the largest amphibious landing in history, telling stories from the American, British, French and German perspectives. It has a wonderful immediacy and vitality--living history in every sense." --Anthony Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider Adventure series, in the Wall Street Journal "The day is narrated in a symphony of surviving voices - a teenage Allied conscript, a French resistance fighter, a butcher's daughter - placing the reader in the heat of the action." -- USA Today "A labor of love and respect . . . Milton's writing is often vivid . . . Readers will . . . be thrilled and moved by this sweeping mosaic." -- Publishers Weekly "Vivid, graphic and moving." -- Mail on Sunday Book of the Year "Stirring and unsettling in equal measure, this is history writing at its most powerful." -- Evening Standard Praise for Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare "Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing."-- USA Today (3.5 star out of 4) "A rousing historical romp." -- The New York Times Book Review "Milton has a rare ability--a talent for sifting fine pearls from faraway sands and transmuting the merely arcane into little literary gems." -- Simon Winchester, Boston Globe "A rousing account-and celebration-of World War II's most insidious and devious heroes." --The Wall Street Journal "An exciting, suspenseful tale of international intrigue." --Kirkus "Impressive . . . [an] entertaining history of spectacular, often nasty derring-do by real-life secret agents." -- Publishers Weekly "Giles Milton's research is impeccable and his narrative reads in part like a modern-day Robert Louis Stevenson novel." -- The Times (London) "Deftly and arrestingly captures the sorry history of the European lust for nutmeg and its devastating impact on the Spice Islands....Milton is a storyteller of the first rank." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Earns its place in a crowded field by bringing a completely fresh, very human approach to the largest amphibious landing in history, telling stories from the American, British, French and German perspectives. It has a wonderful immediacy and vitality--living history in every sense."--Anthony Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider Adventure series, in the Wall Street Journal "The day is narrated in a symphony of surviving voices - a teenage Allied conscript, a French resistance fighter, a butcher's daughter - placing the reader in the heat of the action."-- USA Today "Vivid, graphic and moving."-- Mail on Sunday Book of the Year "Stirring and unsettling in equal measure, this is history writing at its most powerful."-- Evening Standard Praise for Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare "Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing."-- USA Today (3.5 star out of 4) "A rousing historical romp." -- The New York Times Book Review "Milton has a rare ability--a talent for sifting fine pearls from faraway sands and transmuting the merely arcane into little literary gems." -- Simon Winchester, Boston Globe "A rousing account-and celebration-of World War II's most insidious and devious heroes." --The Wall Street Journal "An exciting, suspenseful tale of international intrigue." --Kirkus "Impressive . . . [an] entertaining history of spectacular, often nasty derring-do by real-life secret agents." -- Publishers Weekly "Giles Milton's research is impeccable and his narrative reads in part like a modern-day Robert Louis Stevenson novel." -- The Times (London) "Deftly and arrestingly captures the sorry history of the European lust for nutmeg and its devastating impact on the Spice Islands....Milton is a storyteller of the first rank." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Giles Milton and his work "Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing."-- USA Today (3.5 star out of 4) "A rousing historical romp." -- The New York Times Book Review "Earns its place in a crowded field by bringing a completely fresh, very human approach to the largest amphibious landing in history, telling stories from the American, British, French and German perspectives. It has a wonderful immediacy and vitality--living history in every sense."--Anthony Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider Adventure series, in the Wall Street Journal "Milton has a rare ability--a talent for sifting fine pearls from faraway sands and transmuting the merely arcane into little literary gems." -- Simon Winchester, Boston Globe "A rousing account-and celebration-of World War II's most insidious and devious heroes." --The Wall Street Journal "An exciting, suspenseful tale of international intrigue." --Kirkus "Impressive . . . [an] entertaining history of spectacular, often nasty derring-do by real-life secret agents." -- Publishers Weekly "Giles Milton's research is impeccable and his narrative reads in part like a modern-day Robert Louis Stevenson novel." -- The Times (London) "Deftly and arrestingly captures the sorry history of the European lust for nutmeg and its devastating impact on the Spice Islands....Milton is a storyteller of the first rank." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Giles Milton and his work "Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing."-- USA Today (3.5 star out of 4) "A rousing historical romp." -- The New York Times Book Review "A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it!"--Anthony Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider Adventure series "Milton has a rare ability--a talent for sifting fine pearls from faraway sands and transmuting the merely arcane into little literary gems." -- Simon Winchester, Boston Globe "A rousing account-and celebration-of World War II's most insidious and devious heroes." --The Wall Street Journal "An exciting, suspenseful tale of international intrigue." --Kirkus "Impressive . . . [an] entertaining history of spectacular, often nasty derring-do by real-life secret agents." -- Publishers Weekly "Giles Milton's research is impeccable and his narrative reads in part like a modern-day Robert Louis Stevenson novel." -- The Times (London) "Deftly and arrestingly captures the sorry history of the European lust for nutmeg and its devastating impact on the Spice Islands....Milton is a storyteller of the first rank." -- Kirkus Reviews
Table of Content
CONTENTS Maps Preface Prologue PART I: KNOW THY ENEMY 1. Behind Enemy Lines 2. Atlantic Wall 3. The Weather Report 4. Codebreaking PART II: MIDNIGHT 5. The Midnight Hour 6. At German Headquarters 7. Landing by Moonlight PART III: THE NIGHT 8. Sainte-Mère-Église 9. Night Assault 10. First Light PART IV: DAWN 11. On Utah Beach 12. In Coastal Waters 13. Omaha 14. Easy Red PART V: FOOTHOLD 15. Gold 16. Juno 17. Cliff-top Guns 18. The Mad Bastard PART VI: TOWARDS NOON 19. Deadlock on Omaha 20. Cracks in the Wall 21. Race to the Bridge PART VII: AFTERNOON 22. The Bombing of Caen 23. Counter-Attack 24. Victory at Omaha PART VIII: WIN OR LOSE 25. Frontier Fighting 26. Panzer Attack 27. Twilight 28. Night Afterword Acknowledgements Notes and Sources Bibliography Index
Lccn
2019-286062
Dewey Decimal
940.54/21421
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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