Time: D-Day
Author | : Editors of Time Magazine |
Publisher | : Time |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2004-05-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 1932273220 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781932273229 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: DESCRIPTION: On June 6, 2004, people the world over - especially Americans - will pause toremember the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion that forever changed history. D-Day: 24 Hoursthat Saved the World honors the 130,000 heroic American and Allied troops who risked their lives toliberate Europe and end the Nazi occupation. Here are fascinating portraits of the men who designed theinvasion - and the men who fought it: Eisenhower and Churchill, Montgomery and Rommel. Here arethe landing crafts, the medics, the radio operators, the nurses. Here are the memorable photographs,historic reunions, majestic cemeteries, the unforgettable memories of June 6, 1944.Here is D-Day: 24 Hours that Saved the World.