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June 6, 1994, marks the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy that changed the course of the Second World War. As Russell Miller writes in his Foreword to this extraordinary book, Nothing Less Than Victory is "the story of D-Day" as it has never been told before - entirely by those who took part, on both sides. It is compiled from many sources - from letters home, diaries, memoranda, official reports and from innumerable interviews with veterans in the United States, Canada, France, and Germany. "D-Day was the greatest amphibious operation the world has ever seen, a truly staggering feat of logistics which involved putting ashore in Normandy a total of 176,475 men, 3,000 guns, 1,500 tanks and 15,000 other assorted vehicles. Some 11,000 ships were committed to the invasion force; 10,500 air sorties were flown. . . . "But none of these figures meant anything to the men who were there. Soldiers neither know nor care about grand strategy, the big picture; what they care about is trying to stay alive and trying to make sense of what is happening immediately around them. For the soldiers huddled in the assault craft approaching the beaches, for parachutists waiting to jump into the unknown night, for men packed into wooden gliders swooping down onto the Normandy countryside and braced for impact, for German troops in bunkers and trenches, D-Day was nothing but fear, confusion, noise, muddle, chaos . . . hysteria and horror interspersed with flashes of heroism and humor. . . . "As the inexorable buildup continues, the men who are to take part in this moment of history describe their feelings, the anticlimax of the twenty-four-hour postponement, the tortuous crossing of the Channel, the eventual storming of the beaches and the bloody struggle to gain a foothold on French soil. "The story ends at midnight on June 6, 1944, with the last, poignant, voices: the British officer who takes a midnight stroll on Sword Beach and finds he is not walking o

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day--the World War II invasion of Normandy--this books tells the story entirely through the words of those who took part on both sides. Compiled from letters, diaries, official reports, interviews, and other sources, Miller captures the fear and bravery, the determination and confusion of this landmark event. Photos and maps.

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``Old soldiers are always happy to talk about their past campaigns,'' writes Miller ( The Resistance ), ``but getting them to talk about their feelings is not so easy.'' Old soldiers from the U.S., Canada, Britain, France and Germany hold forth eloquently here on what D-Day felt like. The author has also collected interesting observations by British civilians on the assembly and training of Allied forces, as well as recollections by French civilians living in Normandy at the time. The book is unusual in many respects: German defenders are given greater voice than in other recent D-Day histories; the reconstructions of actual combat are exceptionally gruesome (``I had to do something about the brain, which was just lying there''). The book is replete with pertinent oddments that convey the invasion's broad scope: the text of a note written by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to himself and stowed in his wallet just before he launched the invasion armada; the story of a GI bookie (``5 to 2 this ship will be sunk by shore batteries''); the reminiscences of a British man who as a 14-year-old telegraph messenger had to deliver the first death notices to parents. A superb oral history. Photos. (June)
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YA-Page after page of personal commentary about D-Day collected from letters, diaries, memoranda, official reports, and interviews with veterans in the U.S., Canada, France, and Germany. Moving chronologically from the organization of the invasion and the mood of the troops to the battle itself, Miller successfully transports readers to June 6, 1944, and the greatest amphibious war operation of all times. Soldiers, medics, and enemies relate the day in overwhelming descriptions. Nothing Less Than Victory is a fine primary source for libraries' World War II collections, as well as a testament to those who fought and died to protect the world from dictators.-Linda Vretos, West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA
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  • ISBN-13: 9780688102098
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 6/28/1994
  • Edition description: 1st U.S. ed
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 556

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