Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die

How the Allies Won on D-Day

De: Giles Milton

Narrado por: Giles Milton

This program is read by the author.

A groundbreaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied - and Axis - forces.

Seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. If Allied forces succeeded in gaining a foothold in Northern France, the road to victory would be open. But if the Allies could be driven back into the sea, the invasion would be stalled for years, perhaps forever.

An epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships, and 20,000 armored vehicles, the desperate struggle that unfolded on June 6, 1944 was, above all, a story of individual heroics - of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defenses were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story - Allied, German, French - has never fully been told.

Giles Milton’s bold new history narrates the day’s events through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht’s bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto remained unheard - the French butcher’s daughter, the Panzer Commander’s wife, the chauffeur to the General Staff.

This vast canvas of human bravado reveals "the longest day" as never before - less as a masterpiece of strategic planning than a day on which thousands of scared young men found themselves staring death in the face. It is drawn in its entirety from the raw, unvarnished experiences of those who were there.

©2018 Giles Milton (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Great delivery by author

Fills in some blanks that I've heard from vets about that bloody & sad day.

Engaging, absorbing, could've used a better edit

I purchased this book after listening to Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (which I highly recommend), written and read by the same author. This book is equally engaging and the author does a similarly excellent job of reading but could have used an editor to weed out some odd and not quite correct word choices that occasionally jarred me out of the narrative. But he does a masterful job of weaving together a multitude of very personal narratives of the D-Day experience.

Great Book Leading to D-Day

The book included many great stories and the impact so many had on the landing at D-Day and wove together the stories nicely. Important to hear the history and would recommend as a great listen.

Needs a map

Great book because it includes individual memoirs from participants
Audiobook should include D-Day maps or link to
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New information

I enjoyed new individual stories and enthusiastic narration. Books are at their best when read by authors.