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Normandy 44
On June 6th 1944 the largest amphibious operation in the history of warfare was carried out between Le Havre and the Contentin peninsula. Its men were well-trained and well-equipped, and backed by exceptional means.
This is the story of the landings and their men, told in text and especially in gripping photographs.
This is the story of the landings and their men, told in text and especially in gripping photographs.
204 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2007
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March 2, 2020
This was an outstanding, day by day and in some cases hour by hour, account of the two months following the D-Day invasion of Normandy by the Allies. William Jordan has access to many many documents and sources, including many personal accounts by GIs and Officiers on the ground and in the air. Many of the personal accounts were from German soldiers and officers. These conveyed the stress and hopelessness of the front line personnel as they faced daily air attacks, losses with no replacements available, and orders impossible to follow from managing generals (and Hitler) with no first hand knowledge of the situation in Normandy. But I suppose this might be fortunate for the American side...Hitlers no retreat and no surrender dictats may well have lead to the German army being destroyed sooner then if they had retreated sensibly and reformed to fight.
Jordan did a very nice job in comparing the material and production capacities of the two sides. The Allies drawing on a seemingly bottomless cornucopia of military manpower and equipment while the German's were unable to replace tanks, guns, vehicles, or men at any where close to the Allied rate.
I enjoyed this book very much. Jordan did a wonderful job of describing battles (both big and small) and larger campaigns as the Allies landed in and weeks later broke out of Normandy and prepared to push for Berline and Paris.
I have one suggestion for the author should he ever offer and updatede edition: make use of the pages and pages of wonderful maps you have in the preamble. I was annoyed and frustrated that the author never once in his writing referred to the maps. I spent a good deal of my reading time flipping back and forth between the text and the maps, trying to find the villages and cities, hills and objectives referred to in the reading. A short note as to which map to look at would have been very helpful and appreciated.
Jordan did a very nice job in comparing the material and production capacities of the two sides. The Allies drawing on a seemingly bottomless cornucopia of military manpower and equipment while the German's were unable to replace tanks, guns, vehicles, or men at any where close to the Allied rate.
I enjoyed this book very much. Jordan did a wonderful job of describing battles (both big and small) and larger campaigns as the Allies landed in and weeks later broke out of Normandy and prepared to push for Berline and Paris.
I have one suggestion for the author should he ever offer and updatede edition: make use of the pages and pages of wonderful maps you have in the preamble. I was annoyed and frustrated that the author never once in his writing referred to the maps. I spent a good deal of my reading time flipping back and forth between the text and the maps, trying to find the villages and cities, hills and objectives referred to in the reading. A short note as to which map to look at would have been very helpful and appreciated.
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