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

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 166802781X ISBN13: 9781668027813 Release Date: June 2024 Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Length: 608 Pages Weight: 2.05 lbs. Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.7" x 9.3" NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Absolutely gripping." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post - "A masterpiece of oral history...stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting." --Evan Thomas - "Gripping and propulsive...Readers will be spellbound." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most up-to-date and complete account of D-Day--the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II. June 6, 1944--known to us all as D-Day--is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted a little over two months, the surprise sunris