War Stories of D-Day: Operation Overlord: June 6, 1944

by Michael Green, James D. Brown

D-Day, June 6, 1944:  it was the biggest amphibious operation in history.  German Field Marshal Rommel, declared, “the enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield,” the Allied Forces undertook a massive invasion of the German-occupied coast of Normandy, France.  First, there was the aerial onslaught by British and American airborne divisions, then the landing of the American, British, and Canadian seaborne troops.  Over 150,000 Allied troops took the fight to the enemy, their incursion paving the way to their ultimate victory over Nazi tyranny.  This book tells the story of those who lived and fought through this historic conflict.  In first-person accounts of the Normandy landings, soldiers recreate the harrowing, world-changing drama of taking the beaches of France, dropping from the sky, wading out of landing craft, fighting to survive and, in the process, keeping alight the hopes of humanity.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

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Michael[4^]Green
Co-Author with Gladys Green

Michael Green is an American historian of armoured vehicles of the Second World War. He has written extensively on American tanks. He has written over a hundred books on various subjects with a specialisation in tanks.

Reviews

[Michael Linton · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book from various sources. Of course, if you've seen Saving Private Ryan or read the Longest Day, you won't get much more out of this book. A few accounts did reference the Cornelius.

[James Howald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picked this up at the Border's going out of business sale and so, so glad I did. Reading the first hand accounts of men who were lucky enough to make it back out is so enlightening. I don't completely know what to say other than I'm glad I took the time to hear their stories. I'll probably look over this again before our trip to Normandy on our honeymoon.