Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris, June 6th–August 25th, 1944 Audiobook

" John Keegan one of the most respected historians of the II World War gives a breakdown of what the six armies who fought the battle of Normandy did and how they performed. A book that is a must for those interested in the Battle of Normandy. "

" Disappointing. Had some good moments but this schematic structure is obtrusive. The French section seemed particularly unheroic. "

" John Keegan one of the most respected historians of the II World War gives a breakdown of what the six armies who fought the battle of Normandy did and how they performed. A book that is a must for those interested in the Battle of Normandy. "

" These are the unvarnished facts! "

" World War II and the D-Day invasion seem so pat nowadays - a sort of grand inevitability - but it took a huge maount of coalition building and horse trading among FDR, Churchil, Marshall, Malenkov, and Brit generals to make it happen. "

" Begining was slow and the end in French was hard to follow sometimes, but the middle was good and interesting. "

" Keegan's good, just a little dry. "

" These are the unvarnished facts! "

" World War II and the D-Day invasion seem so pat nowadays - a sort of grand inevitability - but it took a huge maount of coalition building and horse trading among FDR, Churchil, Marshall, Malenkov, and Brit generals to make it happen. "

" Disappointing. Had some good moments but this schematic structure is obtrusive. The French section seemed particularly unheroic. "

" Begining was slow and the end in French was hard to follow sometimes, but the middle was good and interesting. "

" The organization of the book is a bit clunky, but one of the sections does a good job describing the Canadian contribution. Keegan is not Canadian; his approach is more dispassionate than more home-spun and gushing/patriotic stories I've read about Juno and the Falaise Gap. "

" The organization of the book is a bit clunky, but one of the sections does a good job describing the Canadian contribution. Keegan is not Canadian; his approach is more dispassionate than more home-spun and gushing/patriotic stories I've read about Juno and the Falaise Gap. "

" Keegan's good, just a little dry. "

" Begining was slow and the end in French was hard to follow sometimes, but the middle was good and interesting. "

" World War II and the D-Day invasion seem so pat nowadays - a sort of grand inevitability - but it took a huge maount of coalition building and horse trading among FDR, Churchil, Marshall, Malenkov, and Brit generals to make it happen. "

" These are the unvarnished facts! "

" The organization of the book is a bit clunky, but one of the sections does a good job describing the Canadian contribution. Keegan is not Canadian; his approach is more dispassionate than more home-spun and gushing/patriotic stories I've read about Juno and the Falaise Gap. "