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d day june 6 1944 the climactic battle of world war ii
stephen e. ambrose draws from more than 1 400 interviews with american british canadian french and german veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in the twentieth century . ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion were abandoned and how ordinary soldiers and officers acted on their own initiative . br d day is above all the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their existence when the horrors complexities and triumphs of life are laid bare . ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism fear and determination what eisenhower called the fury of an aroused democracy that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom hitler had disparaged .
paperback touchstone books 1995 isbn 068480137x
abridged n average customer rating 0 isbn 13 9780684801377 number of pages 655 publisher simon & schuster release date 62135769600000