The time was decided to be during the high tides just after night fall from June fifth to June eighth. Originally slated for June fifth due to whether conditions the attack did not occur until the early morning of June sixth. Ambrose does a good job including not only the strategy, and also certain flaws that took place during this time, bit he also includes visuals that gave me as the reader something to go with the words. These first three chapter and the following eight chapters discuss both sides" efforts to prepare for the intense battle right up to go time. The book can be broken down into three major sections before D-Day, during D-Day, and a brief look at the repercussions of Operation Overlord. Ambrose in turn through all of this prepares each section chapter by chapter that intertwine both cold hard facts, and personal narrative that gave me the reader a chance to actually get a sense of the overall moral of both the Allies and Axis powers. This is key because if you read a book that only delves into either just the emotions or just the facts you get left either feeling overwhelmed with emotion, but left stupid to the subject, or completely overtaken by facts and figures which leaves nothing to the imagination. This blending of personal narrative and facts also is valuable because with the book portraying the moral of the troops during the battle it gives the reader a look at the emotional state of the solider fighting that day. Another key point to mention throughout the entire book Ambrose not only discusses the major players, but the smaller player that are doing the grunt work. From the men who did reconnaissance work to determine the place of the battle to Andrew Higgins the ship builder that made it possible for the amphibious landings at Normandy. Ambrose even took it down to the grunts of World War II the men who did the fighting for their respective countries.
Under Adolf Hitler the German empire extended from Russia to the west, to France on the east. Germany controlled much of Europe except for Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, and Sweden (Keegan 1). Hitler's army's gained control of much of Europe during the years of 1939 through 1941. It was not until December 11th 1941 that Hitler declared war on the United States. Soon afterward, Dwight D. ...
