Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness Accounts from the Battle for Normandy by Jon E. Lewis


Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness Accounts from the Battle for Normandy
Title : Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness Accounts from the Battle for Normandy
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ISBN : 1629140686
ISBN-10 : 9781629140681
Format Type : ebook
Number of Pages : 336
Publication : First published April 3, 2014

Voices From D-Day features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world’s finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville. Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, highlights of this unique collection include the break-out from Omaha beach as told by the GI who led it, a French housewife’s story of what it was like to wake up to the invasion, German soldiers’ accounts of finding themselves facing the biggest seaborne invasion in history, a view from the command post by a member of Eisenhower’s staff, combat reports, diaries and letters of British veterans of all forces and services, and accounts of the follow-up battle for Normandy, one of the bloodiest struggles of the war.

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Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness Accounts from the Battle for Normandy Reviews

  • Taylor

    This is such an important insight to what happened in the days leading up, the day of, and the weeks after. I highly recommend it be read by all. Bless those that fought. x

  • Paul Lunger

    With "Voices from D-Day: Eyewitness Accounts From the Battle for Normandy", Jon E. Lewis takes a vast collection of personal accounts & correspondence from the days leading up to the June 6, 1944 invasion & puts we the reader in the with the troops getting a first hand view of just what transpired on that day of infamy in world history. From the various anecdotes from the participants on both sides, we are put into the nerves of the participants in the lead up to the invasion, day of & then the aftermath for control of Normandy. The accounts keep this tale as an almost random jumble of things, but it works especially since there is info from both the allied & axis sides of things. It also helps that Lewis in some cases interjects small clarifying statements to keep we the reader informed of certain aspects of things day of & thereafter. Overall, a very poignant book to read especially for this reader as we approach the 74th anniversary of the invasion next week.

  • Themistocles

    A really greatr read. Reading it I could actually feel the salt of the sea, the coolness of the summer dawn and the mayhem that ensued.

    The stories are chosen with great care as to show a cross-section of the front and the units involved, but I have to subtract one star because there are just too few stories from the German side, which would really add to the whole.

  • Jim

    Good compilation of first hand accounts, knitted together to give a good chronological look at this major battlefield event. Very good read.

  • Sic Transit Gloria

    This book gives many eyewitness accounts on all sides of D-Day from all occupations, from Allied privates to Axis generals to non-combatant civilians.

    If you really want to get personal with the men who engaged in D-Day, than this book is for you. If you want to learn the really small but interesting details of D-Day, than this book is for you. If you like focusing entirely on the tactics or machines of D-Day and don't care about the men who fought and died there...than this book is especially for you.

  • Diane Condon-Boutier

    This book allows incredible insight into The Day. As the title indicates, the words of those who were there, either as Allied soldiers, local french civilians and German soldiers of various ranks bring to life this event. Every point of view is well represented, offering unique perspective on a incredible period in history.

  • Jeremy

    Phenomenal read...real fortunate that Ernie Pyle, war correspondent, was featured in this book. The book is descriptive, insightful, and real.

  • Brian

    This was a very interesting book about the experiences on and after D-Day. There were some grammar errors, but those might have been intentional.

  • A.L. Slade

    I'm really not a fan of non-fiction and historical fiction, so my review is based solely on the fact that books like these are simply not for me.

  • Ubikuberalles

    For an historical event as grand as D-day with so many simultaneous events going on, it is hard to get a good sense of what it's actually like on the Beaches of Normandy in that day and the days that follow. "Voices" makes an excellent attempt to put you there to know what's it like. Hearing the words from French villagers and German soldiers during that day gives you a different perspective of the battle. Compelling read.