Author:
Holland, James, 1970- author.
Edition Statement:First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
ImprintNew York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
Descriptionlx, 649 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:Part I. The battle before D-Day -- The Atlantic wall -- Command of the skies -- Understanding Montgomery and the master plan -- Countdown -- The winds of war -- Big war -- Air power --Part II. Invasion -- D-Day minus one -- D-Day: the first hours -- D-Day: dawn -- D-Day: the American landings -- D-Day: the British and Canadian landings -- D-Day: the turning of the battle -- D-Day: foothold -- Part III. Attrition -- Bridgehead -- Fighter-bomber racecourse -- Linking up -- The constraints of wealth and the freedom of poverty -- Behind the lines -- The grinding battle -- The great storm -- EPSOM -- Cherbourg and the Scottish corridor -- Trouble at the top -- Bloody bocage -- Living like foxes -- Part IV. Breakout -- A brief discourse on weapons and the operational level of war -- Crisis of command -- GOODWOOD -- Saint-Lô -- COBRA -- BLUECOAT -- LÜTTICH -- Tank battle at Saint-Aignan -- The corridor of death.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-623) and index.
Note:Uses archival knowledge and eyewitness testimonies to reexamine D-Day, including the extraordinary planning, the brutal landings, and the strategic decisions of the commanders.
