Advocating Overlord: The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb

Name: Advocating Overlord: The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 9781640123120
Price: 18.99 GBP
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"Well there it is. It won't work, but you must bloody well make it," said the chief of Britain's military leaders, when he gave orders to begin planning for what became known as Operation Overlord. While many view D-Day as one of the most successful operations of World War II, most aren't aware of the intensive year of planning and political tension between the Allies that preceded the amphibious military landing on June 6, 1944.

This intriguing history reveals how President Franklin D. Roosevelt, while on a fishing trip in the middle of World War II, altered his attitude toward Winston Churchill and became an advocate for Operation Overlord. Philip Padgett challenges the known narrative of this watershed moment in history and illuminates the diplomatic link between Normandy and the atomic bomb.

He shows how the Allies came to agree on a liberation strategy that began with D-Day - and the difficult forging of British and American scientific cooperation that produced the atomic bomb. At its core this story is about how a new generation of leaders found the courage to step beyond national biases in a truly allied endeavour to carry out one of history's most successful military operations.

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Manufacturer/Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Binding: Paperback
Author: Philip Padgett
Date Published: 2020
Pagination: 416p

SKU: 9781640123120

Advocating Overlord: The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb

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