Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die

Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
Author :
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages : 512
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250134929
ISBN-13 : 1250134927
Rating : 4/5 (927 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die by : Giles Milton

Download or read book Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die written by Giles Milton and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die Related Books

Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
Language: en
Pages: 512
Authors: Giles Milton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-12 - Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

GET EBOOK

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
White Gold
Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Giles Milton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-12 - Publisher: John Murray

GET EBOOK

This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Giles Milton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-07 - Publisher: Picador

GET EBOOK

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot
Checkmate in Berlin
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Giles Milton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-13 - Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

GET EBOOK

From a master of popular history, the lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II as it’s never been told before BERL
The Boy Who Went to War
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Giles Milton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-11 - Publisher: Macmillan

GET EBOOK

A powerful and true story of warfare and human survival that exposes a side of World War II that is unknown by many— this is the story of Wolfram Aïchele, a