by JohnKeegan (Author)
The Allied assault on Normandy beaches was an almost flawless success, but it was to take three months of bitter fighting before the German defence of Normandy finally collapsed and Paris was liberated. In this account of that struggle, the reader is subjected to the gruelling ordeals confronted by the combatants - each encounter related from the point of view of a different nationality. The author also wrote "The Face of Battle", "The Mask of Command" and "The Nature of War".
Format: paperback
Publisher: Pimlico
Published:
ISBN 10: 0712655794
ISBN 13: 9780712655798
Book Overview: An unsurpassed account of the Allied invasion of France from D-Day to the liberation of Paris. As a military historian John Keegan has the qualities of the best commanders, broad strategic grasp combined with insight into the human fibre of the battlefield, and an eye to what the lessons portend.' Observer