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D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

by Stephen Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century. Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion were abandoned, and how ordinary soldiers and officers acted on their own initiative. D-Day is above all the epic story of men at the most demanding... (more)

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

by Cornelius Ryan

The unparalleled work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II -- now in a new edition for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Newly in print for the first time in years, this is the classic story of the invasion of Normandy, and a book that endures as a masterpiece of living history. A compelling tale of courage and heroism, glow and tragedy, The Longest Day painstakingly recreates the... (more)

Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen Ambrose

As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent... (more)

D-Day

The Battle for Normandy

by Antony Beevor

The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American,... (more)

The Bedford Boys

by Alex Kershaw

"Gripping... It's through books like this that those brave men, who fought so others could be free, live on." -- Dallas Morning News June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population just 3,000 in 1944--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later in... (more)

Saving Private Ryan

by Max Allan Collins

June 6, 1944. Military forces converge on the beaches of Normandy for one of the most decisive battles of World War II. America would call it a victory. History would call it D-Day. But for Captain John Miler and his squad of young soldiers, this fateful day would become something much more. Washington has sent them on a personal mission to save one life. One paratrooper missing in action. One soldier who... (more)

We Remember D-DayFrank Shaw, Joan Shaw

We Remember D-Day

by Frank Shaw, Joan Shaw

The Shaws have collected a large number of reminiscences of those who participated in, or witnessed, the events of June 6, 1944. Service personnel and civilians, male and female, have all shared in presenting these personal accounts of D-Day. Most of these accounts are from British participants, with only a few American recollections. The three skilled readers make this recording an auditory delight. The listener... (more)

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down Secret WWII Allied Operation that Saved D-Day & Unleashed Greatest Mass Prison Escape in HistJack Fishman

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down Secret WWII Allied Operation that Saved D-Day & Unleashed Greatest Mass Prison Escape in Hist

by Jack Fishman

Longest Winter

by Alex Kershaw

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eight men under the command of 20 year old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of artillery bombardment - Hitler has launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies and the small American platoon was facing the main... (more)

Resistance: A Novel

by Owen Sheers

1944. After the fall of Russia and the failed D-Day landings, a German counterattack lands on British soil. Within a month, half of Britain is occupied. The seat of British government has fled to Worcester, Churchill to Canada. A network of British resistance cells is all that is left to defy the German army. Against this backdrop, Resistance opens with Sarah Lewis, a twenty-six-year-old farmer’s wife, waking to... (more)

The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War

The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War

by Martin Gilbert

In The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War, Martin Gilbert graphically charts the war’s political, military, economic and social history through 247 maps. Each map has been specially drawn for this atlas, many of them covering topics that have not previously been mapped. The atlas covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the defeat of Japan in August 1945, including... (more)

THE STORY OF D-DAY.Bruce Bliven

THE STORY OF D-DAY.

by Bruce Bliven

Invasion: They're ComingPaul Carell

Invasion: They're Coming

by Paul Carell

D-Day and the Battle of Normandy 1944 (Pitkin Guides)

D-Day and the Battle of Normandy 1944 (Pitkin Guides)

by Martin Marix Evans

The story of the landings on the 6th June 1944 and the subsequent Battle of Normandy told in 76 pictures and layman's text.

Master of the Battlefield: Monty's War Years, 1942-1944Nigel Hamilton

Master of the Battlefield: Monty's War Years, 1942-1944

by Nigel Hamilton

Citizen Soldiers : The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany - June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945 (abridged: audio)

Citizen Soldiers : The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany - June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945 (abridged: audio)

by Stephen Ambrose

In this riveting account, historian Stephen Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Ambrose again follows the individual characters of this noble, brutal, and tragic war, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany,... (more)

Steel Inferno : I Ss Panzer Corps in Normandy

Steel Inferno : I Ss Panzer Corps in Normandy

by Michael Reynolds

The classic work on the enemy side of Normandy--not the surprise invasion of the beaches, but the following weeks when German panzer divisions began arriving to throw the Allies back into the sea. Focuses on 1st SS Panzer Division and its "offspring," 12th SS Panzer, aka the Hitler Youth. A main selection of the Military Book Clubs in the US, the UK and Australia.

The Bedford Boys : One Small Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

The Bedford Boys : One Small Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

by Alex Kershaw

The memorable opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan", which portrayed the appalling scenario on Omaha Beach, where allied bombs had failed to knock out German gun emplacements or do any damage whatsoever to beach defences was loosely based on Bedford's story. The first wave of seasick young GIs were being tipped out into the tide to be picked off by waiting machine gun fire and shelling, acting more as target... (more)