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D-Day / Sir Martin Gilbert.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Turning pointsPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2004.Description: xx, 220 p. : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0471423408 (alk. paper)
  • 9780471423409 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of maps -- Genesis of a plan -- Adversaries and allies -- Toward Overlord -- Preparations intensify -- Planning and deception -- Mounting costs -- Month of May -- First five days of June -- D-Day: from midnight to dawn -- D-Day: Fighting on land: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword -- Establishing the beachhead -- Beyond the pointof no return -- Maps -- Bibliography of works consulted -- Index.
Summary: "I hope to God I know what I'm doing." General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the night before D-Day. "Do you realize that by the time you wake up in the morning, 20,000 men may have been killed?" Winston Churchill, to his wife, the night before D-Day. It was the most massive, complex, and spectacular amphibious assault ever attempted, the long-awaited turning point in the bloodiest and most savage war in history. But when 7,000 ships, 11,000 aircraft, and 150,000 troops converged on the coast of Normandy on 6 June 1944, the outcome of the attack, code-named "Operation Overlord," was far from certain. In D-Day, one of the foremost historians of the twentieth century provides an incisive and dramatic account of the strategic planning, in-fighting, invention, deception, and hard labor that led up to that momentous day. Through vivid, firsthand accounts of the battle, Martin Gilbert also captures the horror and heroism of D-Day, from daring paratroop attacks behind enemy lines to grim determination under withering fire on the beachheads. Tracing the genesis of D-Day to the early days after Dunkirk, Gilbert recounts how the results of numerous commando raids-some successful, others disastrous-shaped the Allies planning for a full-scale assault. He reveals Churchill's hands-on involvement in both strategic and tactical planning, and explains why the invasion was delayed for more than two years after America's entry into the war. Gilbert offers a wealth of new and detailed information on the Allies' use of double agents and phantom armies to fool Hitler and his generals into believing that the Normandy invasion was a mere diversion in preparation for a larger assault elsewhere. He also reveals how British code breakers provided Allied commanders with astonishingly accurate information on German troop movements, defense strategies, and command decisions. D-Day introduces hundreds of extraordinary people whose confidence, ingenuity, and courage were crucial to the succe
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A preeminent historian examines World War II's turning point On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed at five Normandy beaches, preceded by massive naval and air bombardments and paratroop drops inland. For the troops who landed, it was a hard struggle as German defenders tried, and failed, to drive them back into the sea. The intricate planning and many individual acts of valor that made the Normandy landings a success ultimately paid off: less than a year later, Hitler was dead, and Germany had surrendered. In this incisive and dramatic account, historian Martin Gilbert brings this epic invasion to life. Drawing on an incredible range of materials and with the help of 28 maps prepared especially for this book, he provides new information on the intricate preparations for Operation Overlord, especially the setbacks, squabbles, and the high level of secrecy surrounding elaborate deceptions designed to convince the Germans that the landings would be somewhere far from Normandy. He provides new details of how the Allies penetrated German planning to defend against the invasion. For D-Day itself, he captures the confusion, horror, and heroism through new vivid firsthand accounts. Takin

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of maps -- Genesis of a plan -- Adversaries and allies -- Toward Overlord -- Preparations intensify -- Planning and deception -- Mounting costs -- Month of May -- First five days of June -- D-Day: from midnight to dawn -- D-Day: Fighting on land: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword -- Establishing the beachhead -- Beyond the pointof no return -- Maps -- Bibliography of works consulted -- Index.

"I hope to God I know what I'm doing." General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the night before D-Day. "Do you realize that by the time you wake up in the morning, 20,000 men may have been killed?" Winston Churchill, to his wife, the night before D-Day. It was the most massive, complex, and spectacular amphibious assault ever attempted, the long-awaited turning point in the bloodiest and most savage war in history. But when 7,000 ships, 11,000 aircraft, and 150,000 troops converged on the coast of Normandy on 6 June 1944, the outcome of the attack, code-named "Operation Overlord," was far from certain. In D-Day, one of the foremost historians of the twentieth century provides an incisive and dramatic account of the strategic planning, in-fighting, invention, deception, and hard labor that led up to that momentous day. Through vivid, firsthand accounts of the battle, Martin Gilbert also captures the horror and heroism of D-Day, from daring paratroop attacks behind enemy lines to grim determination under withering fire on the beachheads. Tracing the genesis of D-Day to the early days after Dunkirk, Gilbert recounts how the results of numerous commando raids-some successful, others disastrous-shaped the Allies planning for a full-scale assault. He reveals Churchill's hands-on involvement in both strategic and tactical planning, and explains why the invasion was delayed for more than two years after America's entry into the war. Gilbert offers a wealth of new and detailed information on the Allies' use of double agents and phantom armies to fool Hitler and his generals into believing that the Normandy invasion was a mere diversion in preparation for a larger assault elsewhere. He also reveals how British code breakers provided Allied commanders with astonishingly accurate information on German troop movements, defense strategies, and command decisions. D-Day introduces hundreds of extraordinary people whose confidence, ingenuity, and courage were crucial to the succe

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