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Summary: Well written, humanistic, and engrossing
Review: This book told the stories of some of the worlds bravest men in the best way I have ever encountered. Mr. Ambrose gets across the feel of the disconnection the paratroopers felt, the terror of landing at Omaha (or anywhere, for that matter), and the pride the Canadians must have felt at exacting some sort of revenge at Juno. This book was so good that I could barely put it down for the few weeks it took to read it. I recomend this book to anybody with the slightest interest in history, freedom, or the bravery that mankind is capable of.
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Summary: Facinating interviews and incompetent history
Review: The form of Mr. Ambrose's book is history by anecdote. This in itself is not a bad thing. The stories are fascinating and by far the most powerful part of the book. The fact that these stories have been edited and twisted to the beliefs and misconceptions of a poor historian is saddening. I could not put the book down, at the same time I was fascinated and infuriated. Mr. Ambrose's poor editing leads to many repetitions and massive confusion when trying to understand the battle with reference to the maps. One can only wonder what interesting information he left out from the various oral histories! Reading the book one could easily be led to believe that the Normandy invasion was an all American affair with a few British and Canadians along for the ride. "Ride" being the operative word since they weren't very good troops. This is a farcical judgement arrived at by Mr. Ambrose on the basis of a few anecdotal statements. There is no evidence supporting this assertion and precious little information on the British and Canadian beaches at all. In short this book is a collection of fascinating anecdotes from almost exclusivley American troops surrounded by an insultingly juvenile attempt at analysis.
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Summary: "D-Day" is a outstanding book. Definantly Ambrose's triumph.
Review: This book is packed with very specific information. Within eight pages I learned more about WWII than I ever learned in my years in school. If you any history at all, you will enjoy D-Day is somethig you will love.
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Summary: THE BIBLE OF D-DAY HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY AMBROSE
Review: Absolutely the best account of the battle of D-Day ever written. Ambrose's knowledge of D-Day is staggering, and his writing style is brilliant. I've read a dozen or so books on the subject and this is by far the most complete, well structured, and well written book available. Ambrose doesn't leave anything out. He even discusses in considerable detail, the actions and sentiments of the American people back in the States, as news of the invasion hit the air waves. This book is a must read for every historian, and every U.S. patriot.
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Summary: IGNORES EVIDENCE IN ORDER TO INSULT THE BRITISH
Review: Ambrose minimises the contribution UK and Canadian troops maded to the landings. They assaulted 3 beaches, the US troops 2, but only a couple of chapters of Ambrose's book deal with the British contribution. Far worse is Ambrose's contention that 'the British sought to win by using gadgets, the Americans by using guts'.This leads in to a long passage in which it is 'proved' that US troops were braver than the Germans, and much, much braver than the British. Could we just examine the nature of Ambrose's 'evidence'?There really isn't any- a remark by Gen. Montgomery to an assault force commander ('For God's sake, bring the boys back'), and.....and nothing but a lot of rhetoric. Could it be a coincidence that Ambrose 'forgets' to mention certain relevant pieces of information?No mention of the captured German documents and interrrogations of German officers which said that the Americans advanced faster but also were quicker to retreat under heavy attack- the Brits went forward cautiously but stood their ground more stubbornly.No mention of the fact that - as decoded German signals revealed at the time, and as German documents confirm now- in Normandy the British faced the bulk of the German Panzer units, which had a)better training than the units fighting the Americans and b) better tanks than those used by both the Brits and the Americans.No mention of the fact that US casualty figures for the battle of Normandy were no higher than the British figures- so if all those Brits were so cowardly, why did they die at the same rate as the Americans? The British did the bulk of the fighting for Normandy, as they had done in N.Africa and Italy; the Americans did the bulk of the fighting after Normandy, including such hideous battles as the Ardennes and the Rhine crossing.The courage of the average GI was incredible; so was the courage of the average British soldier.Together they liberated Western Europe. If Ambrose had a single piece of evidence of British cowardice, then one could take his book seriously. He has no such evidence. I hope that Ambrose can respect himself for having insulted the dead.
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Summary: Lack of good maps
Review: Excellent book - un unforgettable read and full of real life experience. Poor point of the book is that the maps do not match up to the quality of the rest of the book - particularly for readers in England. Maps of Juno, Gold and Sword simply do not exist and therefore the reading is impaired because place names are mentioned which you cannot locate unless you know the area personally. You have to beware of the Syndrome of 'How the Americans won the war!"
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Summary: The Greatest WWII History Book EVER!!
Review: The moment I read the first line in D-Day I was hooked. The evidence Stephen Ambrose presents is unpresidented. One of the reasons I enjoyed it so much was the fact that it was real and I was able to understand what my grandfather went through. I owe Stephen Ambrose many thanks for creating this book so everyone knows what really went on.
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Summary: A great starting point for neophytes in the history of WW2.
Review: I found this book both informative and gripping. As a Canadian I would like to disagree with Mr. Ambrose's criticisms of the British but I can't, since they are accurate. Due to the smaller population base of Britain and the developed Commonwealth countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and S. Africa), they simply didn't have the manpower reserves to absorb large casualties and they'd been fighting for 2 years longer than the U.S. Canada's army was all volunteer until early 1945, so a little extra caution was justified. Ambrose is equally critical of U.S. failings anyway, so I don't really see his criticism of the British as being unfair. I wish that he would have commented more on why the U.S. experience in the Pacific was not utilized in Normandy and why the excellent LVT's used by the marines were not part of the landing force. Allied shortcomings on D-Day seem to be more the result of an army general doing most of the planning than anything else. In the Pacific by June, 1944, air,sea and ground forces were working together more closely than was achieved on D-Day. It would have been nice if the sections on the British and Canadian beaches had been longer, but this is not entirely Ambrose's fault. The British and Canadians have lagged behind the Americans in the compilation of oral history so there is less source material. I hope that more is done in this area before all those memories are lost forever. It's always possible to find something to criticize in any book so, taken as a whole, I find this one to be outstanding.
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Summary: Great Book For Anyone Interested In D-Day Or W.W.II
Review: This book is probably one of the best books I have ever read. If anyone is even remotely interested in D-Day or W.W.II I highly recomend this book to them. It puts you right on the beaches of Normandy or in the planes preparing to jump into a feild of tracers in the sky by explaining everything in detail. And giving a sence of pride to the reader over what was accomplished. My hats off to the writter.
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Summary: Amazing!!
Review: This book is really amazing. It consist true life account on what happened that day and let people know that a hero can be any ordinary people. As it said in the book - every man on the beach was a hero.
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