[A] simply magnificent narrative of one of the most famous and gripping events of modern military history. Paul Kennedy, "New York Times "bestselling author of "Engineers of Victory" This is gripping history beautifully and masterfully told by one of America s premier historians. Patrick K. O Donnell, national bestselling author of" Dog Company" Magnificent! I could not put this book down! Joseph Balkoski, author of "Omaha Beach "and "Utah Beach" A gripping account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. Carlo D Este, author o"f Patton: A Genius for War" "

John C. McManusis the author of "September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far." He earned a PhD in American and Military History from the University of Tennessee, where he served as Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society and was a Normandy Scholar. As a leading authority on the Normandy invasion, he holds a Cantigny First Division Museum Fellowship. He is currently a full professor of U.S. Military History at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he teaches a variety of courses, including one on World War II and another on the Modern American Combat Experience. He also serves as the official historian for the United States Army s Seventh Infantry Regiment."