Countdown to D-Day

Countdown to D-Day The German Perspective Author:Peter Margaritis Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:648 Photos:16-page color plate section and 13 maps Publisher:Casemate ISBN:9781612007694 Item No. 9781612007694 In December 1943 with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness.What he finds disgusts him. The famed Atlantikwall is nothing but a paper tiger, woefully unprepared for the forces being massed across the English Channel. His task—to turn back the Allied invasion—already seems hopeless.His superior, theater commander, crusty old Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who had led the Reich to victory in the early years of the war, is now fed up with the whole Nazi regime. He lives comfortably in a plush villa in a quie