D-Day

The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. More French civilians were killed by Allied bombing and shelling than British civilians were by the Luftwaffe. The Allied fleet attempted by far the largest amphibious assault ever, and what followed was a battle as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. Casualties mounted on both sides, as did the tensions between the principal commanders. Even the joys of liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation, but the whole of the postwar world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. Beevor draws upon his research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts, interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action, and many diaries and letters donated to museums and archives in recent years. D-Day will surely be hailed as the consummate account of the Normandy invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to the liberation of Paris. D-Day List of Illustrations and Maps Glossary 1. The Decision 2. Bearing the Cross of Lorraine 3. Watch on the Channel 4. Sealing off the Invasion Area 5. The Airborne Assault 6. The Armada Crosses 7. Omaha 8. Utah and the Airborne 9. Gold and Juno 10. Sword 11. Securing the Beachheads 12. Failure at Caen 13. Villers-Bocage 14. The Americans on the Cotentin Peninsula 15. Operation Epsom 16. The Battle of the Bocage 17. Caen and the Hill of Calvary 18. The Final Battle for Saint-Lô 19. Operation Goodwood 20. The Plot Against Hitler 21. Operation Cobra - Breakthrough 22. Operation Cobra - Breakout 23. Brittany and Operation Bluecoat 24. The Mortain Counter-attack 25. Operation Totalize 26. The Hammer and Anvil 27. The Killing Ground of the Falaise Pocket 28. The Paris Uprising and the Race for the Seine 29. The Liberation of Paris 30. Aftermath Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index document.writeln( document.writeln(