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Summary: gripping account of a momentous event in history
Review: This is a gripping account of the D-Day landings from the first glider drop of the British Airborne Division at 0016 hours to the sad reflections of Eisenhower standing on Omaha Beach twenty years later. Ambrose strikes a fine balance between technical information and the personal recollections of the ordinary soldiers who came through the ordeal. For this reason, the book is very readable despite its length. The description of the Omaha Beach landings creates a real impact. Like many others, I'm sure, I was inspired to read this book after seeing Saving Private Ryan but if anything this creates an even more vivid image than the film. Of the many anecdotes, perhaps the most memorable describes a momentary ceasefire during the battle for a coastal village while an old woman wandered down the street quite oblivious to the chaos around her. No sooner had she departed than the violence erupted again. Astonishing.
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Summary: If you like to read the same story over and over.
Review: I loved this book. I like to learn about WWII because my grandfather was there. Ambrose did outstanding research to find out every angle of the US and British troops perception of the bloody battle. But it did seem that every soldier had the same experience and you kept reading it over and over. Other then that I couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: Definitive
Review: To echo that earlier reviewer's comments, "The Triumph and the Glory" also won my heart as the best novel of WWII I have ever read, but as much as I love it, it cannot compare to the rigorous research and historical accuracy of Stephen Ambrose. D-Day, June 6,1944 is his best book, and should be required reading for all of our children, so they can appreciate what has been done by their grandparents to safeguard their freedom.
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Summary: The Most Important Book About the Most Important Day of WWII
Review: After so much (deserved) praise has been heaped upon Ambrose, it's pointless now to cover all of the high points in his study of D-Day.Suffice it to say that this is a book for those who love history and for those who don't; Ambrose is as good a writer as there is today.
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Summary: A great book!
Review: Stephen Ambrose is a world class historian and proves it again with D-Day, June 6, 1944. As the great WWII novel, "The Triumph and the Glory", and epic film, "Saving Private Ryan" have done for Overlord in fiction and film, Ambrose has done in non-fiction. He is the best.
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Summary: Not so much a pleasing book, but very neccesary.
Review: Ambrose obviously wasn't going out to shock and entertain when he wrote this book, which is fine by me. I read it to find out what I missed when wathcing the history channel and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, as well as the LONGEST DAY. It tells very precise facts and real life stories that explain why and how it all went down. Unless youre REALLY into the who WWII thing, it will be a hard and long read. But in the end, the information you recieve will be well worth it.
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Summary: detailed,accurate,gut wrenching
Review: Unarguably, in my opinion, the best book ever written about D Day. One actually feels the sense of danger and hopelessness of trying to get ashore on Omaha. The personal interviews really bring home the magnitude of this operation.
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Summary: Ambrose never loses sight of the true greatness of the day
Review: As a history major at the University of Northen Colorado, I am a great fan of Ambrose. He brings the true reality of what war is. More so, he provides the larger picture for everyone to see. His countless interviews, research, and basic knowledge provide the reader with what people felt, saw, and experienced. He gives his own perspective, but takes nothing away from those who were there. Ambrose makes me strive to be a better historian, and to keep my focus on what is important, the events which occurred.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: It was one of the best books I've evr read and I understood it even though I am 13.
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Summary: An Absolute Must Read!
Review: Even though I am a history major, I tend not to read many non-fiction books (other than the ones I am forced to in school) because they are all too often BORING! I gave this book a chance one rainy day and couldn't put it down. Ambrose takes the reader back to June, 1944. He presents the invasion though a combination of detailed fact and eyewitness accounts. The reader gets the story from countless Allied soldiers. These are men that we can relate to. Sometimes, it is difficult for youths to see history as little more than facts listed in a book. Ambrose struck a nerve in me, reminding me that the soldiers who invaded Normandy were mostly in their early 20s. Had I been born in the 1920s - it would have been me.
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