Max Hastings

Overlord

D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944
Sprecher: Edwards, Barnaby

• MP3-CD

Produktbeschreibung

With an introduction read by Max Hastings. The famous D-Day landings of 6 June, 1944, marked the beginning of Operation Overlord, the battle for the liberation of Europe. Republished as part of the Pan Military Classics series, Max Hastings' acclaimed account overturns many traditional legends in this memorable study. Drawing together the eyewitness accounts of survivors from both sides, plus a wealth of previously untapped sources and documents, Overlord provides a brilliant, controversial perspective on the devastating battle for Normandy. Max Hastings, author of over 20 books, was born in 1945. He was a scholar at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford, before working as foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television, reporting from over 50 countries. He was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, and then for six years edited the Evening Standard. He has won many awards for his journalism, particularly for his dispatches from the South Atlantic in 1982. He was knighted in 2002.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brilliance Audio
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 960 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781531842963
• Artikelnr.: 45064357

Autorenporträt

Max Hastings

Inhaltsangabe

Section
i: List of Maps Section
ii: List of Illustrations Section
iii: Foreward Section
iv: Prologue Chapter
1: 'Much the greatest thing we have ever attempted' Chapter
2: Preperations: Commanders; Airmen; Invaders; Defenders Chapter
3: To the Far Shore: The overture; The American beaches; The British beaches; Inland Chapter
4: The British Before Caen: Closing the lines; Villers
Bocage; EPSOM Chapter
5: The Americans Before Chebourg: The bocage; The battle for Chebourg Chapter
6: The German Army: Stemming the Tide: Soldiers; Weapons Chapter
7: The Battlefield: From the beachhead to the front; Casualties Chapter
8: Crisis of Confidence: The fall of Caen; GOODWOOD Chapter
9: The Breakout: COBRA; The limits of air power Chapter
10: The Open Flank Chapter
11: The Road to Falaise Chapter
12: The Gap Section
v: Appendix A: Chronology of the Normandy Campaign Section
vi: Appendix B: Allied Order of Battle Section
vii: Appendix C: Forces available in ETO for Operation OVERLORD, D
Day, 6 June 1944 Section
viii: Appendix D: German land forces encountered by the Allies in Normandy Section
ix: Appendix E: Some British administrative statistics Section
x: Bibliography and a note on sources Section
xi: Notes and references Section
xii: Glossary Acknowledgements
xiii: Acknowledgements Index
xiv: Index