Ten Days to D-day

Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion

David Stafford
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Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets, thanks to countless ordinary...

Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets, thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most remarkable moments. David Stafford has written a riveting account of ten of those ordinary men and women, including an American paratrooper, a German soldier, a nineteen year-old English woman working on secret codes, a Parisian Jew in hiding, and a daring French resistance cell, as they lived through ten very extraordinary days. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Stafford gives readers a fresh point of entry into one of the most significant battles ever fought. Ten Days to D-Day buzzes with the pace of a novel, as Stafford moves from country to country, from character to character, including some of D-Day's leaders: Hitler, Rommel, Eisenhower, and Churchill. Stafford compellingly brings to life the final days before the invasion through the eyes of its participants, the citizens and soldiers that made history on June 6, 1944.

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Publisher
Little Brown & Co
ISBN
316605611
Publication Date
April 1, 2004
No. of Pages
377
Dimensions
L 24.2cm x W 14.6cm x H 3.2cm