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Published to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, The D-Day Companion brings together the perspectives and opinions of leading military historians from both sides of the Atlantic. Operation Overlord saw the Allied Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery pit their wits against Hitler in a bold bid to liberate continental Europe. Featuring a foreword by Major Richard Winters, real-life commander of Easy Company as featured in Stephen E Ambrose’s Band of Brothers, this is a unique and incisive examination of the momentous events that surrounded June 6, 1944. Each chapter of this book focuses on a different aspect of the D-Day landings, from the build-up to the attack to the experiences of the troops on the ground.
Contents
- Foreword, by Major Richard Winters
- Introduction “The great crusade” (General Dwight D Eisenhower), by Professor Samuel J Newland
- ""Remember this is an invasion"" (Sir Winston Churchill, 7 April 1944), by Dr Duncan Anderson
- ""The great shadow-boxing match"" (Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Morgan), by Dr Christina J M Goulter
- ""A very lofty perch"" (Field Marshall Montogomery, 1944), by Dr Stephen A Hart
- ""Throw them back"" (Field Marshall Erwin Rommel), by Professor Dennis Showalter
- “In the air, on the ground, and in the factories” (General Arnold, Christmas 1943 address), by Professor Williamson Murray
- “The greatest military armada ever launched” (Ken Garrett, LSR2, Ret'd), by Dr Andrew Gordon
- ""A visitor to hell"" (Pvt. Charles Neighbor, 29th Division, Omaha Beach), Professor Williamson Murray
- ""Blood upon the risers"" ('Blood Upon the Risers', the paratrooper's song), by Professor Allan R Millett
- ""Their road will be long and hard"" (Roosevelt's prayer to the nation on D-Day), Ronald J Drez
- ""With unbelieving eyes"" (Franz Gockel, German soldier at D-Day), by Professor Russell Hart
- “Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted” (Winston Churchill to President Roosevelt), by Dr David I Hall
- “The eyes of the world” (General Dwight D Eisenhower, D-Day, 6 June 1944), by Carlo D’Este
Foreword by Major Richard Winters, Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne · Written by 12 of the world’s leading historians: Dr Duncan Anderson, Head of the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst · Ronald J Drez, author of Voices of D-Day: The Story of the Invasion Told by Those Who Were There · Carlo D’Este, author of Decision in Normandy, Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943, Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome, and biographies of Generals George S Patton and Dwight D Eisenhower · Dr Andrew Gordon, Reader, Kings College London and teaches at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College · Dr Christina Goulter, Senior Lecturer, Kings College London and teaches at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College · Dr David Hall, Lecturer, Kings College London and teaches at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College · Professor Russell Hart, Assistant Professor of History at Hawaii Pacific University · Dr Stephen A Hart, Lecturer, Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst · Professor Allan R Millett, Mason Professor of Military History, Mershon Center / Department of History, The Ohio State University · Professor Williamson Murray, Professor Emeritus of History at The Ohio State University · Professor Sam J Newland, Department of Distance Education, US Army War College · Professor Dennis Showalter, Professor of History at Colorado College and Past President of the Society for Military History
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