“I loved "The Longest Day" by Cornelius Ryan, but this really made the war come alive. Ambrose was the chief advisor on "Saving Private Ryan" and some of the vignettes from this book (and its companions "Band of Brothers" and "Citizen Soldiers") are evident in the movie. If you read this book, you really need to read "Ciitizen Soldiers" which is the story of D+1 through the end of the war. My fatehr was in the So Pacific. I wish some writer would make that come alive like Ambrose does for the European theater.”
“my father was at d-day, and he told me the truth of what happened, he was in the navy on minesweepers then and his ship managed to pick up a total of 2,500 men out of that water on that day,so they came homeplease remember those who didnt, thousands whose graves are french soil, the sea, WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM , I CONSIDERED THIS BOOK HISTORY, I REMOVED THE BIAS OUT OF MY MIND”
“I had(have) a little info about D Day before i read this book.Yes,it covers many facts related to D day.But obviously can't expect everything from one book,that 2 on a vast topic like D-day..But still,I think there should have been more info about German intelligence failure about D'day.Also I felt a US-bias which is always manifested on most of the war-movies,material,channels like History..No hard feelings,just what I felt...”
