Fülszöveg
"Believe me, Lang, the first twenty-four hours
of the invasion will be decisive the fate of Ger-
many depends on the outcome. For the Allies as
well as Germany, it will be the longest day."
—Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, to his aide,
April 22, 1944
precisely fifteen minutes past midnight on
June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied
invasion of Europe, began. At that moment, a
few specially chosen men from the American
and British Airborne divisions stepped out of
their planes into the moonlit night over Nor-
mandy. These were the pathfinders, the men
who were to light the drop zones for the para-
troops and glider-borne infantry that were soon
to follow.
Through the hours before dawn, as paratroop-
ers fought in the dark hedgerows of Normandy,
the greatest armada the world had ever known
began to assemble off those beaches-almost
five thousand ships carrying more than two
hundred thousand soldiers. And through that
fateful day, these men fought to regain a...
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Fülszöveg
"Believe me, Lang, the first twenty-four hours
of the invasion will be decisive the fate of Ger-
many depends on the outcome. For the Allies as
well as Germany, it will be the longest day."
—Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, to his aide,
April 22, 1944
precisely fifteen minutes past midnight on
June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied
invasion of Europe, began. At that moment, a
few specially chosen men from the American
and British Airborne divisions stepped out of
their planes into the moonlit night over Nor-
mandy. These were the pathfinders, the men
who were to light the drop zones for the para-
troops and glider-borne infantry that were soon
to follow.
Through the hours before dawn, as paratroop-
ers fought in the dark hedgerows of Normandy,
the greatest armada the world had ever known
began to assemble off those beaches-almost
five thousand ships carrying more than two
hundred thousand soldiers. And through that
fateful day, these men fought to regain a foot-
hold on a terrorized and devastated continent.
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