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Title: Our Finest Day: D-Day: June 6, 1944 by Mark Bowden, Stephen E. Ambrose ISBN: 0811830500 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 5
Summary: Brief but Revealing
Comment: Despite its brevity, this book is both informative and revealing. Bowden gives a good overview of what preceded and led up to D-Day. He describes Operation Overlord and the German defenses on the French coast, as well as the air and land assault plans.
Especially interesting are the authentic photos and artifacts from the collection of the D-Day Museum in New Orleans, founded by the late Stephen Ambrose. These artifacts include a soldiers' diary, the front page of the New York Times, a letter from Roosevelt, and an inspirational message from Eisenhower. All are able to be pulled out and looked at by the reader.
One of the artifacts, "A Pocket Guide to France" was given to the military and is included in this book as a pull out. It was simple and patriotic as it explained the military mission in France, the history of the conflict, and told the soldiers how to behave while in France.
Bowden also writes of the possible pitfalls in the plan, including dropping soldiers at night and the unpredictability of the weather. He concisely relates the events of D-Day, the airborne efforts, the invasion of Utah Beach, and the action of the armada, all interspersed with the words of those who were there.
Following this is a section about the Allied advance through France and into Germany...and less than a year later, the Reich was in ruins and Hitler was dead.
I liked this book most of all for its simplicity and authenticity.
Rating: 4
Summary: D-Day Militaria Book
Comment: This short 30 page account of the D-Day invasion with first hand
narrative is unique in that it contains reproductions of various items associated with the invasion. There are personal items such as notebooks and Bibles and operational items such as orders
and after-action reports. All in all this is an interesting look into the history of D-Day made more so by the inclusion of historical artifacts. I recommend it to you, inspite of its brevity and price.
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Title: Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy by Donald R. Burgett, Stephen E. Ambrose ISBN: 0440236304 Publisher: Dell Pub Co Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II by Stephen Ambrose ISBN: 068480137X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Kenyon Webster, Stephen E. Ambrose ISBN: 0385336497 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million by Mark Bowden ISBN: 087113859X Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The D.Day Landing Beaches: The Guide by Georges Bernage, John Lee, Editions Heimdal ISBN: 2840481375 Publisher: Heimdal Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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