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

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Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprinted edition edition (1 Jun 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 068480137X
ISBN-13: 978-0684801377
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)

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Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day: June 6, 1944 relies on over 1,400 interviews with veterans, as well as prodigious research in military archives on both sides of the Atlantic. He provides a comprehensive history of the invasion which also eloquently testifies as to how common soldiers performed extraordinary feats. A major theme of the book, upon which Ambrose would later expand in Citizen Soldiers, is how the soldiers from the democratic Allied nations rose to the occasion and outperformed German troops thought to be invincible. The many small stories that Ambrose collected from paratroopers, sailors, infantrymen, and civilians make the excitement, confusion, and sheer terror of D-day come alive on the page. --Robert McNamara

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Chronicles the events, politics, and personalities of this pivotal day in World War II, shedding light on the strategies of commanders on both sides and the ramifications of the battle.

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4.0 out of 5 stars gripping yet badly biased, 2 April 2003

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I found reading this book a strange experience. It's a gripping read, very thorough in terms of detail and research, and it brings the realities of war into sharp focus. I couldn't put it down, despite the fact that I was on holiday and should have been out sightseeing.
Despite getting great enjoyment out of the book, it also left a rather sour taste in my mouth. The author is primarily concerned with the American contribution to the D-Day operations - fair enough, since I take it he's American. However, he is openly contemptuous of the role of the non-American forces involved. The Canadians get a slightly condescending, brief mention. The most offputing factor was his treatment of the British soldiers though - according to Ambrose, the British took on the 'easy' beaches, wandered ashore, had a cup of tea then packed it in for the day. Not only did we not do much on D-Day, but we scuppered the American soldiers by providing them with our amateurish, ad-hoc kit. I found this kind of stuff slightly offensive and disappointing. The one plus point in this regard is that he keeps his mention of British troops to a minimum, so you aren't reminded of his bias too frequently.
The book is a flawed yet entertaining read, and it has motivated me to do some further reading on the role of the British troops in the D-Day landings.

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1.0 out of 5 stars I wish I could give this NO STARS, 9 Jun 2007

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I had to write a review of this book as I found it to be totally inaccurate perpetuating the myth that the USA won the Second World War solely by themselves. The British troops are stereotyped as being too fond of their cuppas and not willing to fight.

Ambrose really needs to get a grip on the battles post D Day. Yes it is true the US troops had the hardest beach to get ashore on at Omaha but the Anglo-Canadian beaches all involved quite heavy casualties whereas Utah was a bit of a doddle according to the other histories I have read.

The RN is futher insulted even though the majority of the landing craft and fleet was British and it was the RN whose destroyers mainly risked beaching on Omaha not the Americans.

Post the landings Ambrose denigrates British performance around Caen. This is not surprising as this is where the German Panzer Divisions and Waffen SS ones were stationed. The US breakout was against less experienced troops towards the Cherbourg peninsula and Brittany.

All in all very poorly researched despite being well written in a fluent style and therefore is not a patch on Band of Brothers or Pegasus Bridge by the same author.

Do not buy this instead buy Max Hastings book "OVERLORD D Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944"" which gives a balanced portrait and states without fear of contradiction that the best army in the field was the German one.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Another Ambrose whitewash of WW2 !!, 17 Oct 2004

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Running on the back of Saving Private Ryan movie... Ambrose does it again (very badly!)
As the reviewer below states this is little more than another American historian's biased view of D-Day, if you only read this book on the campaign you will come away with a very black and white view of this most
famous operation of WW2.
There are many better books on the market without this American bias view included. Though if you can live or enjoy that sort of thing, the only plus points going for it are that it is a comfortable and easy read.

Try these instead; Robin Neillands' The Battle of Normandy 1944, Max Hasting's Overlord and Carlo D'Este's Decision in Normandy are far better to name but three.

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