The Longest Day The D-Day 70th Anniversary Collector's Edition

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  • Engels
  • Bindwijze overig
  • 9781438075198
  • 01 mei 2014
  • 256 pagina's
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Cornelius Ryan

Born in Dublin, Cornelius Ryan (1920-1974) covered the war in northwest Europe as a correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph, 1944-45, before moving to the United States in 1947, working as a writer for Collier's Weekly. After the demise of Collier's Ryan began writing a book about D-Day. The Longest Day (1959) was followed by The Last Battle (1966), about the fall of Berlin, and A Bridge Too Far (1974), published shortly before his death from cancer.

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June 6, 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany and essentially spur the campaign that would end World War II. Nowhere are the landings at Normandy captured more eloquently and dramatically than in Cornelius Ryan's classic book The Longest Day. Widely considered to be the most important book on D-Day ever written, The Longest Day has sold tens of millions of copies in 18 different languages, and inspired a star-studded 1962 film by the same name.

This new collector's edition of The Longest Day commemorates the 70th anniversary of the invasion with previously unpublished printed and audio archive material. Inside the beautifully designed slipcase, readers will find an unabridged reprint of the classic text, 120 meticulously researched photographs of D-Day, plus 30 previously unseen and unpublished removable facsimile documents from Ryan's own archive, including:
  • Eisenhower's handwritten note, taking responsibility if the D-Day landings failed
  • Interview transcripts and handwritten research questionnaires from key D-Day participants
  • Rommel's diary excerpts from the lead-up to D-Day in May 1944
  • Hand-annotated translations of German diaries and telephone logs
  • D-Day mission weather reports
  • Ryan's original book proposal to Reader's Digest explaining his new approach to military history writing
  • Six full-color battle maps


Historians, military enthusiasts, and anyone who genuinely loves tales of adventure and courage will be thrilled by this unsurpassed collection of D-Day memorabilia. It includes an exclusive audio CD featuring Ryan's previously unheard, original research interviews with many of D-Day's senior commanders, including Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as the soldiers, paratroopers, sailors, and airmen who fought in this most famous and decisive battle of World War II.

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Bindwijze
Bindwijze overig
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 mei 2014
Aantal pagina's
256
Illustraties
Nee

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Hoofdauteur
Cornelius Ryan
Tweede Auteur
Doug McCabe
Hoofduitgeverij
Barrons Educational Series

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Editie
70th
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
249 mm
Verpakking hoogte
43 mm
Verpakking lengte
318 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
2472 g

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9781438075198

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  • De dag van de D-Day

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    • in het engels

    Een interessant boek en vooral spannend als je geinteresseerd bent in de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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    A must read. Hoort bij de opvoeding

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