When the Sea Came Alive An Oral History of D-Day

Garrett M. Graff

eBook - 2024

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Absolutely gripping." —The Washington Post"A masterpiece of oral history...stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting." —Evan Thomas From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most complete and up-to-date account of D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II—featuring hundreds of eyewitness accounts.June 6, 1944—known to us all as D-Day—is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military triumphs. The surprise sunrise landing of more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of occupied northern France ...is one of the most consequential days of the 20th century. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, historian and author of The Only Plane in the Sky and... more