Voices from D-Day

by Jon E. Lewis

Overview

The extraordinary and compelling story of June 6, 1944 and the battle for Normandy is told here through first-hand testimonies from civilians and soldiers on both sides. D-Day: As They Saw 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. Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606712825
Publisher:	MJF Books
Publication date:	01/12/2015
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Introduction	ix
	The Prelude	1
	To The Far Shore	53
	D-Day, 6 June 1944	71
	Soldiering On	163
	Aftermath	273
Appendix 1	Order of the Day	287
Appendix 2	Allied Order of Battle and Map	289
Appendix 3	Glossary	309
Appendix 4	Sources and Acknowledgements	311