Cornelius Ryan

The story of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy, compiled from available information and hundreds of eyewitness accounts.

June 6, 1944, D-Day

The Longest Day

The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich-- newly in print for the 50th anniversary of VE Day. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought the Nazi leviathan to its downfall. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal moments, whose outcome would play a part in determining the complexion of international politics for decades to come. "The Last Battle" is the compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate questions of survival, where, as the author describes it, "to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win." "The Last Battle" is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II.

The Last Battle

At 0400 on 16th April 1945, the Soviet Army launched its attack on Berlin, the last stronghold of Hitler's Germany. The Berliners waited in the bombed rubble of their city, caring only to survive in the nightmare world around them. Although the Western Allies had declared that Berlin was no longer a military objective and halted 45 miles from the city, the Russian veterans of Stalingrad swept on.

O mais longo dos dias, valiosíssimo relato histórico agora disponível em formato pocket, em nova tradução, conta como os Aliados deram início ao final da Segunda Guerra Mundial – o mais mortífero combate já visto. No famoso Dia D (6 de junho de 1944), milhares de soldados de várias nacionalidades, organizados na chamada Operação Overlord, furaram o paredão alemão desembarcando pelo Mar do Norte na costa da Normandia, na França ocupada pelos nazistas. Começava a libertação da Europa e a derrota das forças do Eixo (Alemanha, Japão e Itália); chegava ao fim o sonho delirante de Hitler de subjugar o mundo. Uma das mais sangrentas e emblemáticas batalhas já travadas, recriada em toda a sua expectativa, nervosismo, glória e horror. Cornelius Ryan foi um dos mais proeminentes correspondentes de guerra do seu tempo. Esteve presente no Dia D e acompanhou o avanço das Forças Aliadas na França e Alemanha. Com aquilo que presenciou e outros relatos de primeira mão, além de relatórios oficiais, escreveu este livro, sua obra-prima, publicada originalmente em 1959 e levado às telas do cinema em 1962, numa superprodução que emocionou as platéias do mundo todo.

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