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Neptune
- The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings
- Narrated by: Craig L. Symonds
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
Seventy years ago, more than 6000 Allied ships carried more than a million soldiers across the English Channel to a 50-mile-wide strip of the Normandy coast in German-occupied France. It was the greatest sea-borne assault in human history. The code names given to the beaches where the ships landed the soldiers have become immortal: Gold, Juno, Sword, Utah, and especially Omaha, the scene of almost unimaginable human tragedy. The sea of crosses in the cemetery sitting today atop a bluff overlooking the beaches recalls to us its cost. Most accounts of this epic story begin with the landings on the morning of June 6, 1944. In fact, however, D-Day was the culmination of months and years of planning and intense debate. In the dark days after the evacuation of Dunkirk in the summer of 1940, British officials and, soon enough, their American counterparts, began to consider how, and, where, and especially when, they could re-enter the European Continent in force. The Americans, led by U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, wanted to invade as soon as possible; the British, personified by their redoubtable prime minister, Winston Churchill, were convinced that a premature landing would be disastrous. The often-sharp negotiations between the English-speaking allies led them first to North Africa, then into Sicily, then Italy. Only in the spring of 1943, did the Combined Chiefs of Staff commit themselves to an invasion of northern France. The code name for this invasion was Overlord, but everything that came before, including the landings themselves and the supply system that made it possible for the invaders to stay there, was code-named Neptune. Craig L. Symonds now offers the complete story of this Olympian effort, involving transports, escorts, gunfire support ships, and landing craft of every possible size and function. The obstacles to success were many.
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- pete boatman
- 19-02-15
Brilliant
Oh wow yes met my expectations and exceeded.
Most memorable bit in the book was our very own hero Monty, being to far up his own arse to be part of the planing of D Day landings.
I thought the narrator delivered it with emotion and understanding of the enormity of the theatre of battle.
Brilliant just Brilliant
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- David Abbott
- 11-08-19
Author should not narrate this book.
The narration for me is terrible. If you are going to narrate a book which takes part mostly in Great Britain at least get the syntax and accent for British English right! He seems to be a person that has never travelled to France, Germany or England. I bought this book to learn about the military operations, not to learn which words can be mispronounced and spelled.. He even pronounced Bagration wrongly. The only operation by the Russians that he mentioned and he got it wrong.
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- Mr. Alan R. Jenkins
- 27-10-18
D-DAY RE-EVALUATION
D-Day is well documented, but the whole story is not. From early conception to the final landings, this book highlights and details the complex and politically tense process of getting approval to fine detailing each aspect of the eventual landings. From men to equipment this book looks at the planning for ships, landing craft, weapons, and special equipment including coastal harbours and the infamous swimming tanks. It reflects on personal accounts of the men involved and provides a vivid image of what it what like during the dark days of the Invasion of Europe 1944. Well written and narrated.
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- simon herbert
- 23-10-20
Fantastic listen
A gritty, detailed account that I could not stop listening to. An outstanding work and well narrated.
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