2004, ISBN: 9780349115979

Paperback. Very Good., 3, Abacus. Near Fine. 126 x 198 x 20mm. Paperback. 2004. 366 pages.<br>D-Day, 6th June 1944, was the climactic battle of t he Second World War. Allied triumph… Mehr…

Paperback. Very Good., 3, Abacus. Near Fine. 126 x 198 x 20mm. Paperback. 2004. 366 pages.<br>D-Day, 6th June 1944, was the climactic battle of t he Second World War. Allied triumph was anything but inevitable - there was everything to play for and everything to lose. The sto ry of the actual landings has been told and re-told many times, b ut no one has actually revealed the part that fate, human error, political infighting, deception and double agents played in the c rucial ten days before the landings. David Stafford's compelling narrative, climaxing on the eve of D-Day, gives a day-by-day acco unt of the untold human story behind this momentous event from bo th the Allied and Nazi perspectives. Stafford focuses on twelve v ery different human narratives - not only those of Hitler, Eisenh ower, Montgomery, Churchill and Rommel, but of an American paratr ooper; a Canadian infantryman; a French Jew in hiding, awaiting L iberation but helpless to do anything; and SOE agents fighting to keep their identity secret. TEN DAYS TO D-DAY recounts the entir ety of events in the countdown that could have taken a fatefully different direction so many times along the way, revealing how na rrow the margin was between victory and defeat. David Stafford, a historian tenured at the University of Edinburgh, is a critical ly acclaimed chronicler of World War II and is the author of CHUR CHILL AND SECRET SERVICE and ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL. ., Abacus, 2004, 4<

2004, ISBN: 9780349115979

Abacus. Near Fine. 126 x 198 x 20mm. Paperback. 2004. 366 pages.<br>D-Day, 6th June 1944, was the climactic battle of t he Second World War. Allied triumph was anything but inevitab… Mehr…

Abacus. Near Fine. 126 x 198 x 20mm. Paperback. 2004. 366 pages.<br>D-Day, 6th June 1944, was the climactic battle of t he Second World War. Allied triumph was anything but inevitable - there was everything to play for and everything to lose. The sto ry of the actual landings has been told and re-told many times, b ut no one has actually revealed the part that fate, human error, political infighting, deception and double agents played in the c rucial ten days before the landings. David Stafford's compelling narrative, climaxing on the eve of D-Day, gives a day-by-day acco unt of the untold human story behind this momentous event from bo th the Allied and Nazi perspectives. Stafford focuses on twelve v ery different human narratives - not only those of Hitler, Eisenh ower, Montgomery, Churchill and Rommel, but of an American paratr ooper; a Canadian infantryman; a French Jew in hiding, awaiting L iberation but helpless to do anything; and SOE agents fighting to keep their identity secret. TEN DAYS TO D-DAY recounts the entir ety of events in the countdown that could have taken a fatefully different direction so many times along the way, revealing how na rrow the margin was between victory and defeat. David Stafford, a historian tenured at the University of Edinburgh, is a critical ly acclaimed chronicler of World War II and is the author of CHUR CHILL AND SECRET SERVICE and ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL. ., Abacus, 2004, 4<

2003, ISBN: 9780349115979

Concept (England), 1995-10-16. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages., Concept (England), 1995-10-16, 2.5, (Subject: World War II - General) The… Mehr…

Concept (England), 1995-10-16. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages., Concept (England), 1995-10-16, 2.5, (Subject: World War II - General) The author describes the countdown to the Normandy Landings from the perspectives of Churchill and Eisenhower, and those who made it possible. The narrative switches between countries following the roles of the English WREN working in signals, the French resistance worker and his network, the Norwegian imprisoned in a gestapo cell, the American paratrooper and the German soldier on the french coast amongst many others. (Published: 2003) (Publisher: Abacus) (ISBN: 0349115974) (Pagination: 366pp illustrations) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX, 0<