Ten Days to D-Day
Little, Brown, June, 2004.
Hardcover, 377 pages.
ISBN: 0316605611
In this 60th anniversary year after the D-Day invasion
of Normandy beaches at the end of World War II, it
behooves us to reflect on the courageous actions of the
Allied forces which brought about an end to the war in
Europe. Former diplomat and project director
at the Centre for Second World War Studies at the
University of Edinburgh, David Stafford presents
a fascinating account of the lead up to D-Day.
Using an exciting narrative style which is more usually
found in a good spy thriller, Stafford brings to life
characters both famous and forgotten to show how the
famous invasion was planned and executed. Based
upon actual letters, diaries and official records,
Ten Days to D-Day provides glimpses of the
real personalities of the day: from Hitler's
obsession with his health and the strange drugs
he insisted on taking to Churchill's fury at
de Gaulle, to the French Resistance workers who operated
a clandestine network that was invaluable to the war effort.
Stafford moves effortlessly from the big picture to the
individual stories of real people who lived during that
time to create an indispensable account of one of history's most
important events.
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This review was published in the May-June, 2004 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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