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Gilbert, Martin

D-Day

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"The Allied landings in 1944 had all the prospects for disaster. Churchill thought he would be woken up to be told of massive casualties. Eisenhower prepared a somber broadcast announcing that the enterprise had failed.

The specter of failure was always present. After a failed landing the Nazi regime would have regained the ascendant. New, terrifying bombs and rockets were ready to be launched. Long-distance submarines were in the final stage of development. The last million Jews of Europe were listed for deportation and death.

Failure at Normandy could have given Hitler the chance of continuing to rule western Europe, particularly if the United States, bloodied and defeated in Normandy, had decided-after two and a half years of focusing on Europe-to turn all its energies to the ever-growing demands of the Pacific, leaving Europe to its own devices. Had that happened, I doubt if I would have been alive to write this book, or free to express my opinions without fear of arrest."
--Martin Gilbert

Nyckelord: General & Introductory History, Martin Gilbert, D-Day, World War II, Second World War, Battle of Normandy, Normandy invasion, Normandy landings, Allied landing, June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord, Operation Neptune, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Atlantic Wall, Sword Beach, Cotentin Peninsula, French Resistance, German Intelligence, German Air Force, General Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Allied intelligence, Nazi occupation, liberation

Författare
Utgivare
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Utgivningsår
2004
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Serie
Turning Points in History
Sidantal
240 sidor
Kategori
Historia
Format
E-bok
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118130940
Tryckt ISBN
9780470373019

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