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D-DAY awed even Stalin. He wrote to Churchill that "never in the annals of war has such an undertaking been attempted." All those who participated—soldiers, sailors, or airmen—would not forget it for the rest of their lives.
Such an undertaking had never been repeated on such a large scale and with such thorough planning; however, despite securing the beachheads, it soon became clear that in the next phase the difficulties they would face would exceed all expectations, firstly because the natural barriers of Normandy, with its dense vegetation, provided ideal cover for the defender, and secondly because the Germans, especially the divisions of the Waffen-SS, fought smartly, fiercely, and desperately.
The British, Canadian, and American forces engaged in battles, the brutality of which often matched that of the Eastern Front. As the losses mounted rapidly, so did the tension between the main commanders of both sides. French civilians suffered terrible hardships. Even at the moment of Liberation, their joy was tainted by bitter experiences.
The war in Northern France marked not only a generation of people but also the entire post-war world, deeply affecting the relations between America and Europe. D-DAY is the most vivid and well-documented historical account of the Battle of Normandy, as it includes unused and new material from more than thirty archives in six countries and offers a new and significant narrative of these events.
As with the books Stalingrad and Berlin: The Downfall 1945, through Antony Beevor's gripping narrative, the entire era of the war comes to life.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Antony Beevor
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Govosti
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- Academic History
- Theme
- World History, Historical Archives, History of Europe, History of America
- Time Period
- Contemporary History (1945-Present)
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- The Normandy landings
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 701
- Release Date
- 11/2009
- Publication Date
- 2009
- Dimensions
- 15x23 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789604461004
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