Publisher's Synopsis
This enthralling history of the road to d-day should essential reading for fans of anthony beevor, max hastings and alex kershaw.
Second front now! Examines the most contentious political and military issue of the second world war: namely, whether, where and when a second front should be launched in northern europe, and the conflicts between the three superpowers - great britain, the united states and soviet russia - that it involved.
Discover a plethora of topics such as
- Countdown to d-day
- Supreme allied commander dwight d. Eisenhower
- The invasion planning is underway
- A day in june
- The german response
- The invasion
- End game
- And much more!
This book sheds fascinating light on these questions, bringing together statements made by german survivors after the war, when time had allowed them to reflect on their state of mind, their actions and their choices of june 6th. We see a perspective of d day which deserves to be added to the historical record, in which ordinary german troops struggled to make sense of the onslaught that was facing them, and emerged stunned at the weaponry and sheer determination of the allied soldiers.
