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内容概要

Martin Gilbert is the author of more than eighty books, including the official biography of Winston Churchill. His other books include In Search of Churchill, The First World War, and The Second World War.

书籍目录

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Maps1.The Genesis of a Plan 2.Adversaries and Allies3.Toward Overlord4.Preparations Intensify5.Planning and Deception6.The Mounting Costs 7.The Month of May8.The First Five Days of June9.D-Day: From Midnight to Dawn10.D-Day: Fighting on Land: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword11.Establishing the Beachhead12.Beyond the Point of No ReturnMapsBibliography of Works ConsultedIndex

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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

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