02738cam a2200325 i 4500 370161069 TxAuBib 20190328120000.0 190111s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2019001163 9781250134929 30.00 1250134927 30.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Milton, Giles. D-Day. Soldier, sailor, frogman, spy, airman, gangster, kill or die [BOOK] : how the Allies won on D-Day / Giles Milton. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019. xiv, 486 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in the UK as D-Day: The Soldier's Story by Hodder & Stoughton in 2018" -Title page verso. Includes bibliography and index. A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied - and Axis - forces. An epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships and 20,000 armoured vehicles, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics - of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defences were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story - Allied, German, French - has never fully been told. Giles Milton's bold new history narrates the events of June 6th, 1944 through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht's bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto remained unheard - the French butcher's daughter, the Panzer Commander's wife, the chauffeur to the General Staff. This vast canvas of human bravado reveals “the longest day” as never before - less as a masterpiece of strategic planning than a day on which thousands of scared young men found themselves staring death in the face. It is drawn in its entirety from the raw, unvarnished experiences of those who were there. Provided by publisher. 20190328. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy Personal narratives. Operation Overlord. Personal narratives. Normandy (France) History, Military 20th century.