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D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: It's true, foreigners are gutless....
Review: ...and hats off to Ambrose for having the insightfulness to say so.It's great to see an armchair combatant who, without having any experience of war himself, knows enough about it to say all the limeys out there that day were gutless.And I think it was a neat idea to leave out maps of all the non-American beaches.One day a truly great American historian will follow in Ambrose's footsteps and write a history of D-Day which tells our young people that Americans were the only people who fought on D-Day.Sure, Ambrose's book is not strictly honest, but who cares about that when patriotism is at stake?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Possibly the most definitive account of D-Day ever
Review: A truly enjoyable read - I especially enjoyed the first-hand accounts offered by soldiers on all sides of the fighting. One of the definitive accounts of the day. The anti-Ambrose cites are amusing - true, Ambrose didn't spend as much time on German, Canadian and British exploits. But you would think from the negative reviews that Ambrose completely dismissed the role of these armies. That's hardly the case, and anyone who read the book cover to cover should see that. Considering Ambrose is an American who is director of a D-Day museum in America, it is not surprising his American first-hand accounts are numerous. By the same token, I would expect a British or German book about D-Day to be heavily slanted toward their respective armies as well. Lighten up, people - Ambrose gives credit where credit is due, and if that still isn't enough for you, write your own book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Most Gripping Book I Had Ever Read!!!!!!!
Review: Once I started reading this book i couldn't put it down! Ambrose is a amazing writer. He writes it like a novel!! At some points It felt like i was on the beach! Its amazing what those men did on that beach! If your intrested in world War 2 or D-Day this is the book for you!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: When our grandparents saved the world...
Review: In the late 20th century it is almost incomprehensible to consider an evil so pervasive, so oppressive, and so murderous as Hitler's Reich. An entire society brainwashed to conquer the world and to enslave entire countries were not stopped by will power, or flower power, or by mere rhetoric. Nazism was stopped by citizens from every walk of life in the world's great democracies -- the battle for freedom began on the beaches of northern France on June 6, 1944. The Americans at Omaha and Utah, the British and Canadians at Sword and Juno suffered almost insuffrable casualties -- not to mention the hedgerow fighting that followed. Ambrose's book is an account about people, for people. It may give you an identity that you did not even know you had -- the sons and daughters and grandchildren of an entire generation that secured for us every freedom we enjoy today.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Ambrose is such a big liar
Review: This book was written just to inflate the american ego. Ambrose says Omaha was the most violent battle in World War II. This is an outrageous lie! Those who fought in Stalingrad, Berlin or Kursk know what I'm talking about. And the way the author overlooks the participation of the British and Canadians is absolutely despicable. Read the Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer instead.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A "must"for every library
Review: This is a truly wonderful book, bringing alive the horrors and wonder of one of the most important days of the Century. Ambrose's unabashed admiration for the men who took part in D-Day can be cloying to some, but in view of the event, totally warranted. I was fortunate enough to be reading the book while traveling in Normandy this past summer and the descriptions of the places and conditions experienced in 1944 added immeasurably to the trip. This was my second experience with an Ambrose book (the first was his biography of Nixon, which I found far too kind to Nixon) and it makes me want to read more of his work.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Must be mandatory reading for college students!
Review: I'm suprised at how many students entering college are oblivious to our nation's sacrifice in WWII. This book is detailed, exciting, factual, and gripping. What a way to learn history. If you thought the opening scen of Saving Private Ryan was gut wrenching, read this! You will be moved. Have we really done enough for our vets?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The most realistic book I have ever read.
Review: D-Day is the best book out there today. It is so realistic in the discriptions that he (the author) gave. It is possibly the best book on the Normandy invasion ever written. It never got dry, it was interesting the whole book through and it feels like you are reading a novel at times (because it is so interesting). If your looking for a great book to read, this is the one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: D-Day by Ambrose
Review: Very impressing book.Hope nobody will ever forget what those men have done!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Gripping account of D-Day
Review: Saving Private Ryan and The Triumph and the Glory opened my eyes to the terrible drama of the war in Europe. I wanted to know more so I asked around and was told in no uncertain terms that Stephen Ambrose and Cornelius Ryan were the fellows to read. I read The Longest Day and D-Day June 6, 1944, and was just overwhelmed by the ferocity of the fighting on that Fremch shoreline. Ambrose writes with a respect and love for the common GI that appeals to me. After all THEY were the guys who won the war, not the generals.


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