Description: The Human Face of D-DayWalking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Dayby Col Keith Nightingale (Ret) Imprint: Casemate 288 Pages, 6 x 9 in, 40 photographs plus 3 maps Hardcover9781636241029April 2023 This unique approach to D-Day combines the author’s discussions with veteran and civilian participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur—often at the very site of a battle. Ever since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the men who survived have sought to return, to honor their dead, and to teach others of what they went through to liberate Europe. Soldier Keith Nightingale has conducted terrain walks in Normandy for over forty years with veterans, active-duty military, and local French civilians. Over the decades Nightingale conducted dozens of formal interviews and informal conversations with many of the principals of the day, including Generals Bradley, Collins, Gavin, Ridgway and Hill. Added to this rare, new primary material from the top brass are numerous conversations with lower-ranking vets who did the heavy lifting, many of which took place as they actually walked the battlefield with Nightingale—Major Howard of Pegasus Bridge; LTC Otway of Merville Battery; Captain Piper of La Fière Bridge; LTC Vandervoort, CO of the 2-505/82d; Cpt Raeen of the 5th Rangers; Lt Dick Winters of Brécourt Manor; PFC Marcucci of Omaha Beach; and SSG Lem Lomell of Pointe Du Hoc. This unique approach to D-Day combines the author’s discussions with veteran and civilian participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur—often at the very site of a battle. Interspersed with veterans’ remarks, Nightingale’s personal essays are inspired by specific discussions or multiple interviews. Taken together, the succinct, human observations of these participants illuminate the hard facts to create a unique work of long-lasting interest that will attract specialists, military history buffs, armchair generals, and general readers alike.
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Book Title: Human Face of D-Day : Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day
Item Length: 9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Keith M. Nightingale
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / World War II, Europe / Western, Military
Publisher: Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
