• Address: Chantilly, VA 20153 (map)
• Date Posted: 11/04/09

D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose is part of the Library of Military History from Easton Press. The book, which is not available as a stand-alone volume from the publisher, is in mint condition, still in its original shrink wrap.
Easton Press volumes are among the most beautiful and durable books available today. Each volume is bound in genuine leather with a hubbed spine and accented with 22-karat gold, and printed on acid-neutral paper. The Smyth-sewn pages have gilded edges and are complemented by a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker and distinctive endleaves.
From a review by Robert McNamara: Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day: June 6, 1944 relies on over 1,400 interviews with veterans, as well as prodigious research in military archives on both sides of the Atlantic. He provides a comprehensive history of the invasion which also eloquently testifies as to how common soldiers performed extraordinary feats. A major theme of the book is how the soldiers from the democratic Allied nations rose to the occasion and outperformed German troops thought to be invincible. The many small stories that Ambrose collected from paratroopers, sailors, infantrymen, and civilians make the excitement, confusion and sheer terror of D-Day come alive on the page.”
From Publishers Weekly: Ambrose’s account of the D-Day fighting on the Normandy beaches and bluffs is unsurpassed for detail, emotion and suspense….Among the spate of books marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day, Ambrose’s overview will likely stand as definitive.”
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