The D-Day Landings - Truths and Legends
The D-Day Landings - Truths and Legends

The D-Day Landings - Truths and Legends

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The truth behind "The Longest Day". The sky is leaden and the swell in the Channel grows ever more violent. Major Pluskat's bunkers are dripping with damp. Field Marshal Rommel has left his headquarters to celebrate his wife's birthday. The Germans are convinced that the Allies will not land… These scenes, kept alive by countless screenings of The Longest Day, are known to all.

But what exactly happened during the landings of 6 June 1944? For the film, like the book on which it is based, is laden with numerous distortions of reality. The aim of this work is to restore the facts to their proper accuracy. Was the Battle of Normandy decisive in the Allied victory? Was the Atlantic Wall made of paper? Was the German army superior? Did the Third Reich come close to pushing the Allies back into the sea? Was the American Eisenhower a capable war leader? Was the action of the French Resistance decisive? This work answers all these questions, and many more, drawing on the finest sources in the clear and incisive style characteristic of the "Vérités et légendes" collection.

 

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Author 1
Nicolas Aubin
Publication date
16/05/2024
Pages
304
Cover
Paperback
Format
12.0 cm × 19.0 cm
Language
French
Publisher
Perrin

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