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4.37 AVERAGE
4.37 AVERAGE
inspiring
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Fantastic book! Loved all the points of view from everyone who was there. Best historical book Iโve read in a long time!
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challenging
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inspiring
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A beast of a book that covers D-Day from many angles, almost entirely told through first-hand accounts that are edited together to tell a cohesive story of the day.
I think this book doesn't work quite as well as his 9/11 book for a couple reasons: the interviews used as the first hand accounts could've occurred shortly after the war, or decades later. This time frame wasn't always clear and certainly plays a role in how good these accounts were. Also the more complicated aspect of these military operations and situations weren't always super easy to follow. I actually found the first half of the book that followed the training and planning for D-Day to be more digestible than much of the sections on D-Day itself.
Regardless, this is a fantastic account of D-Day and I learned about a lot of fascinating events that I knew little about, like the Exercise Tiger disaster and the glider missions that started D-Day. It was also great to hear accounts of the Brecourt Manor assault that was prominently featured in Band of Brothers.
I think this book doesn't work quite as well as his 9/11 book for a couple reasons: the interviews used as the first hand accounts could've occurred shortly after the war, or decades later. This time frame wasn't always clear and certainly plays a role in how good these accounts were. Also the more complicated aspect of these military operations and situations weren't always super easy to follow. I actually found the first half of the book that followed the training and planning for D-Day to be more digestible than much of the sections on D-Day itself.
Regardless, this is a fantastic account of D-Day and I learned about a lot of fascinating events that I knew little about, like the Exercise Tiger disaster and the glider missions that started D-Day. It was also great to hear accounts of the Brecourt Manor assault that was prominently featured in Band of Brothers.
informative
medium-paced
Wow! This book was a lot! So much research and info! A History nerd would adore this and learn so much. Detail heavy!
I love this author for his dedication to research and his calling to write on parts of history. Please read his 9/11 one.
I listened on audio- 19 hrs! A lot of info- I had to take it slowly. There was alot of info leading up to the day itself. The full cast and perspectives made the book come alive! Be sure to read his authorโs note.
๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต:๐ฉ๐ต๐ต๐ฑ๐ด://๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ.๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ.๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ/๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด/
I love this author for his dedication to research and his calling to write on parts of history. Please read his 9/11 one.
I listened on audio- 19 hrs! A lot of info- I had to take it slowly. There was alot of info leading up to the day itself. The full cast and perspectives made the book come alive! Be sure to read his authorโs note.
๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต:๐ฉ๐ต๐ต๐ฑ๐ด://๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ.๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ.๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ/๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด/
informative
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