Author: Adrian R. Lewis
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Date: February 12, 2003 (first published April 9th 2001)
Edition: Paperback (400 pages)
Genres:
- Nonfiction
- History
- Military History
- World War II
Adrian R. Lewis traces the D-Day events at Omaha Beach back to the beginning of the planning stages. Though the invasion was ultimately a success and signaled the beginning of the end of World War II, it was costly, with high casualties.
Like many, I tend to focus in the D-Day events as a gateway to victory, but this work chronicles the planning, the decision making and the flawed assumptions leading up to that day. It is interesting to read the words of those involved in the planning and execution of the invasion, as well as soldiers and participants. Allied victory was far from certain, and it could have gone the other way.
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