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**Impressively researched, engrossing, lightning quick, and filled with human sorrow and elation, John C. McManus's __The Americans at D-Day__ honors those Americans who lost their lives on D-Day, as well as those who were fortunate enough to survive.** June 6, 1944 was a pivotal moment in the history of World War II in Europe. On that day the climactic and decisive phase of the war began. Those who survived the intense fighting on the Normandy beaches found their lives irreversibly changed. The day ushered in a great change for the United States as well, because on D-Day, America began its march to the forefront of the Western world. By the end of the Battle of Normandy, almost one of every two soldiers involved was an American, and without American weapons, supplies, and leadership, the outcome of the invasion and ensuing battle could have been very different. In the first of two volumes on the American contribution to the Allied victory at Normandy, John C. McManus (__Deadly Brotherhood, Deadly Sky__) examines, with great intensity and thoroughness, the American experience in the weeks leading up to D-Day and on the great day itself. From the build up in England to the night dro
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- Author
- John C. McManus
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9782003026393
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (114 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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