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Decision in Normandy

By: Carlo D’Este
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Field Marshal Montgomery’s battle plan for Normandy, following the D-day landings on June 6, 1944, resulted in one of the most controversial campaigns of the Second World War. Carlo D’Este’s acclaimed book gives the fullest possible account of the conception and execution of Montgomery’s plan, with all its problems and complexities. It brings to light information from diaries, papers, and letters that were not available in Montgomery’s lifetime and draws on interviews with senior officers who were involved in the campaign and have refrained from speaking out until now.

This is military history at its most dramatic and destined to become the definitive account of the Normandy campaign.

Carlo D’Este retired from the US Army in 1978 with the rank of lieutenant colonel to write full time. Among his books are Bitter Victory; Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945; Patton: A Genius for War; World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942–1945; and Eisenhower: Allied Supreme Commander.

©1983 1994, 2004 by Carlo D’Este (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Europe Military War Great Britain Imperialism Dwight Eisenhower Winston Churchill Submarine US Army Interwar Period
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Critic Reviews

“Superb…An extraordinarily careful and provocative study of the Normandy campaign.” (Max Hastings, New York Times bestselling author)
“The best-researched, best-written account [of the Normandy campaign] I have ever read.” ( New York Times Book Review)
“A fresh perspective on the leadership of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and the Allied landings after D-day.” ( Publishers Weekly)
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I found the book repetitive, biased (not only did Monty falsely claim that Normandy evolved to his plan, but all British generals and soldiers were nigh worthless) and with major extrapolations (one soldier failed... All British soldiers failed type extrapolations). Very little mention of the US forces. Bradley and Patton would be proud.

A biased repetitive diatribe

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