The D-Day companion : leading historians explore history's greatest amphibious assault
Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this work brings together the perspectives and opinions of some of the most respected military historians working today. It provides an examination of the events that surrounded June 6, 1944.
Print Book, English, 2004
1. publ. in Great Britain View all formats and editions
Osprey, Oxford, 2004
Aufsatzsammlung
288 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten
9781841767796, 1841767794
237043772
Foreword; Introduction; A Great Crusade?; "Remember this is an Invasion" (Sir Winston Churchill, 7 April 1944); "The Great Shadow-Boxing Match" (Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Morgan, in 'Overture to Overlord'); "A Very Lofty Perch" (Field Marshall Montgomery, 1944); "Throw Them Back" (Field Marshall Erwin Rommel - Commandant of German Army Group B); "In the Air, on the Ground, and in the Factories" (General Arnold, Commander of US Army Air Forces in his Christmas 1943 address); "The Greatest Military Armada ever Launched" (Ken Garrett, LSR2, Ret'd); "A Visitor to Hell" (Pvt. Charles Neighbor, 29th Division, Omaha Beach); "Blood Upon the Risers" ('Blood Upon the Risers', the paratrooper's song); "Their Road will be Long and Hard" (Roosevelt's prayer to the nation on D-Day); "With Unbelieving Eyes" (Franz Gockel, German soldier at D-Day); "Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted" (Winston Churchill to President Roosevelt); "The Eyes of the World" (General Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-Day, 6 June 1944)