Churchill’s D-Day
- Author Richard Dannatt and Allen Packwood
- Narrator Gareth Armstrong, Richard Attlee
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date 30 May 2024
- Run Time 10 hours and 37 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, History, Military history, Second World War.
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'Buy this definitive and excellent book. It is not only excellent narrative but has superb analysis as well. The combination of an eminent general and an internationally recognised academic authority on Churchill works very successfully.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 5* READER REVIEW
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'Do you realise that by the time you wake up in the morning twenty thousand men may have been killed?'- Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill, 5 June 1944
D-Day is rightly celebrated as a great triumph and a major turning point in the Second World War. But as Churchill knew, large-scale land and sea operations were fraught with danger and victory was not guaranteed. What would have happened if D-Day had failed? Would the outcome of the war have been different? And how much of its success was down to the leadership of one man?
Churchill's D-Day plunges us back in time to this knife-edge moment to witness events as they unfolded. Through documents and letters from the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge, we get a vivid sense of the tremendous risks involved in the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, the largest land, sea and air operation ever staged. This authoritative new history combines the analysis of General Richard Dannatt, one of the most respected of Britain's contemporary military leaders, with the insight of Allen Packwood, one of the world's foremost Churchill experts. Together they reveal the intricacies of Churchill's thinking, the strength of his instrumental leadership, his precision planning and impeccable timing.
Original, illuminating and gripping, Churchill's D-Day demonstrates how the road to victory led directly from the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Berlin, ultimately securing our freedom.
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PRAISE FOR CHURCHILL'S D-DAY:
'Well judged and well resourced . . . Dannatt is a former Chief of the General Staff, and brings a soldier's expertise to the technical digressions in the narrative; Packwood is director of the archive at Churchill College, Cambridge, which includes the wartime prime minister's papers . . . For new readers, the book will be a superb primer - and one of impeccable historical accuracy - on the events around D-Day.' Simon Heffer, Telegraph
'This is a fascinating book which re-examines events that liberated and thus shaped the future of Europe.' Lord Soames, Winston Churchill's grandson
'An engrossing delight . . . Dannatt and Packwood have produced an account of Churchill's D-Day worthy of both the Great Man and the colossal event . . . Readers will greedily want more in the future from this superb writing partnership.' International Churchill Society
Critics Review
Importantly with 2024 marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings they have brought together some remarkable material which adds much new light to the greatest Combined Operation of all time.
Churchill was obviously deeply involved and heavily invested in the D-Day Operations from its conception through to its planning and execution.
This is a fascinating book which re-examines events that liberated and thus shaped the future of Europe.
| Author | Richard Dannatt and Allen Packwood |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Gareth Armstrong, Richard Attlee |
| Duration | 10 hours and 37 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781399727877 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Genre | Biography and non-fiction prose, History, Military history, Second World War |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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