Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness accounts from the Battles of Normandy

Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness accounts from the Battles of Normandy

by Edited by Jon E. Lewis (Author)

Synopsis

The extraordinary and compelling story of the 6th of June, 1944, and the Battle for Normandy is told here through first-hand testimonies from civilians and soldiers on both sides. It features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world's finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville. Highlights of this unique collection include the break-out from Omaha beach as told by the GI who led it, a French housewife's story of what it was like to wake up to the invasion, German soldiers' accounts of finding themselves facing the biggest seaborne invasion in history, a view from the command post by a member of Eisenhower's staff, combat reports, diaries and letters of British veterans of all forces and services, and accounts of the follow-up battle for Normandy, one of the bloodiest struggles of the war.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 03 Apr 2014

ISBN 10: 147210398X
ISBN 13: 9781472103987
Book Overview: Eyewitness accounts of the Battle for Normandy

Author Bio
JON E. LEWIS is a writer and historian. His many previous books include bestsellers The Mammoth Book of the West, The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories and World War II: The Autobiography.