Year: 2020 Language: english Author: (Editor) Ellie Cawthorne Genre: History Publisher: Immediate Media Company Edition: Collector's Edition ISBN: 1469 8552 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 116 Description: There are very few moments in history in which you can see the shape of world events shift in just 24 hours. D-Day was one of those rare occasions. Although the Second World War would rumble on for another year, 6 June 1944 marked the beginning of the end. Its fallout was felt across the globe. Looking back with the comfort of hindsight, it’s easy to forget that, in 1944, the success of an Allied invasion was no foregone conclusion. The night before the landings, Dwight D Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, drafted a short message for the invading forces. Scrawled in pencil, it accepted all responsibility for the failure of the invasion and the withdrawal of Allied troops from France. As it turned out, the note was never needed - it remained tucked in Eisenhower’s wallet. The scale of the operation was mind-boggling. It was a massive enterprise, reliant on the contributions of countless men and women, from infantrymen and paratroopers to pilots, scientists, factory workers and Resistance agents. Released to mark the 75th anniversary year of the landings, this special edition brings together some of those incredible personal stories, charting the dramatic events of 6 June 1944 hour by hour, and the bitter battle to liberate Nazi-occupied France that followed. Additional info: From the makers of BBC History magazine.
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BBC: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
Language: english
Author: (Editor) Ellie Cawthorne
Genre: History
Publisher: Immediate Media Company
Edition: Collector's Edition
ISBN: 1469 8552
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 116
Description: There are very few moments in history in which you can see the shape of world events shift in just 24 hours. D-Day was one of those rare occasions. Although the Second World War would rumble on for another year, 6 June 1944 marked the beginning of the end. Its fallout was felt across the globe.
Looking back with the comfort of hindsight, it’s easy to forget that, in 1944, the success of an Allied invasion was no foregone conclusion. The night before the landings, Dwight D Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, drafted a short message for the invading forces. Scrawled in pencil, it accepted all responsibility for the failure of the invasion and the withdrawal of Allied troops from France. As it turned out, the note was never needed - it remained tucked in Eisenhower’s wallet.
The scale of the operation was mind-boggling. It was a massive enterprise, reliant on the contributions of countless men and women, from infantrymen and paratroopers to pilots, scientists, factory workers and Resistance agents.
Released to mark the 75th anniversary year of the landings, this special edition brings together some of those incredible personal stories, charting the dramatic events of 6 June 1944 hour by hour, and the bitter battle to liberate Nazi-occupied France that followed.
Additional info: From the makers of BBC History magazine.
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