Ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism, fear and determination-what Eisenhower called "the fury of an aroused democracy"-that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom Hitler had disparaged.Drawing on more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion had to be abandoned, and how enlisted men and junior officers acted on their own initiative when they realized that nothing was as they were told it would be. Is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Is the definitive history of World War II's most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.
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