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The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day
by: Cornelius Ryan |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 940.542142 EAN: 9780671890919 ISBN: 0671890913 Label: Simon & Schuster Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: May 01, 1994 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Studio: Simon & Schuster |
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 - great readingGreat Reading. A complete account of the most important actions performed during the Normandy Landings as seen from both sides of the battle. Once you pick this book you won't stop reading until you finish the story. Rating: - A Great ReadAfter visiting most of the places in this book last year, I wanted to read this book to find out the experiences of those who fought in this battle. It was a great book, especially if you are a WWII buff like me. Rating: - The best book on D-DayRead this book first when I was 15 years old and it motivated me to learn more about history of the second world war. It's one of the great books on world war II and D-Day and it is highly recommended! Rating:  - Just OKThe military interviews were lame. An important part of history, would have liked more intel detail and military strategy. Rating: - This book will always remain one of the best descriptions of D-DayA great deal of ink and celluloid has been used to describe the Allied invasion of Fortress Europe on Tuesday June 6, 1944. This book remains and no doubt always will be one of the best accounts of what happened that day. It captures the heroism of the common soldiers on both sides. While some of the men collapsed under the pressure, most exhibited great bravery as they fought for what they were told to fight for. One of the best features of this book is that Ryan depicts the German soldiers as fighting soldiers; he very rarely mentions the concept of Nazism or the origins of the war. There is also very little mention of the clash of egos on the Allied side, although he spends a great deal of time describing the personality conflicts on the German side. I do not fault him for this, for it was these conflicts that kept the German mobile reinforcements from entering the fight on the beaches when they could have made a difference. D-Day was not the greatest battle of World War II, greater ones took place on the Eastern front between Germany and the Soviet Union. However, it was the most complex in execution and was necessary from the Allied point of view. Given the tremendous power of the Soviet offensive in the east and the blockade of supplies, Germany would eventually have been defeated. However, if the D-Day invasion had been repulsed, the Soviet armies would have overrun all of Germany and possibly even much of France. As a consequence of this, the post-war world would have been very different. From this perspective it was one of the most significant as it put allied armies on a course through Germany. You cannot understand history without knowing about D-Day. |
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