D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

Antony Beevor

Oct 2009 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

"Glorious, horrifying...D-Day is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women."—Time

Beevor's Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge is now available from Viking Books 

Renowned historian Antony Beevor, the man who "single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history" (The Guardian) presents the first major account in more than twenty years of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris. This is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. Beevor draws upon his research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action. D-Day is the consummate account of the invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to Paris's liberation.

Ratings and reviews

The author does a superb job of displaying the events of D-Day into text. Unlike most World War 2 novels, Beevor does not add any extra material to the story. He provides only detailed facts regarding the invasion and the occurrences thereafter. This book is easy to follow, only if you are familiar with the events of that period in time.

Excellent book and recommended. However, disappointing as an e-book. Google Map integration (a primary reason I tried the e-book) worked sporadically. Could not zoom in on maps. The large map of the overall front in the physical book is not included. The book's cover does not display. The e-book supposedly comes with some bonus content, but I have yet to see where or how to access it. The pictures in the physical book are not included.

Vivid account!

About the author

Antony Beevor is the bestselling author of D-Day: The Battle for Normandy,which received the Royal United Services’ Institute Westminster Medal; The Battle for Spain, which received the La Vanguardia Prize; Paris After the Liberation 1944–1949; Stalingrad, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History, and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; and The Fall of Berlin 1945, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award. He is the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Beevor lives in England.