当大海生动起来 D-Day 口述历史 Garrett M. Graff  英文原版 When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

基本信息

Publisher ? : ? Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster (June 4, 2024)

Language ? : ? English

Hardcover ? : ? 608 pages

ISBN-10 ? : ? 166802781X

ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1668027813

Item Weight ? : ? 2.02 pounds

Dimensions ? : ? 6.13 x 1.6 x 9.25 inches

内容介绍

《纽约时报》畅销书--"绝对扣人心弦"。华盛顿邮报》朗-查尔斯--"口述历史的杰作......激动人心、令人惊讶、严峻、欢乐、感人，始终引人入胜"。

埃文-托马斯（Evan Thomas）--"扣人心弦、催人奋进......读者一定会被深深吸引"。-出版人周刊》（星级评论）

纽约时报》畅销书《天空中唯一的飞机》作者、普利策奖 "水门事件 "入围者的最新、最完整的 D-Day 记载--D-Day 是历史上规模最大的海上入侵，

也是确保盟军在第二次世界大战中取得胜利的时刻。

1944 年 6 月 6 日--我们都称之为 "D 日"--是历史上最伟大、最不可思议的军事胜利之一。

虽然整个战役只持续了两个多月，但超过 15 万盟军部队在日出时分突然登陆被占领的法国北部海滩，却是 20 世纪最具影响力的日子之一。

正是在这一时刻，盟军扭转了局势，最终导致轴心国在第二次世界大战中战败，使欧洲摆脱了法西斯主义的魔爪，避免了悲剧的发生。

几十年来，无数英勇、友爱和牺牲的故事构成并延续了我们的集体记忆。

现在，历史学家、《天空中唯一的飞机》（The Only Plane in the Sky）和《水门事件》（Watergate）的作者、

普利策奖入围者加勒特-格拉夫（Garrett M. Graff）将这些故事汇集成一部独一无二的口述历史，以生动、震撼人心的细节探讨这一开创性事件。

故事开始于 20 世纪 40 年代的最初几个月，德国军队加紧了对东欧和西欧的控制，在地面上夺取了对整个国家的控制权，

并从空中轰炸其他国家，使其屈服。决心保持中立的美国在珍珠港遭到日军意外袭击后被迫卷入冲突。

这是五十年来世界第二次处于战争状态，战争的风险比以往任何时候都要高。

1943 年，当士气和资源开始消退时，盟军领导人富兰克林-罗斯福和温斯顿-丘吉尔在卡萨布兰卡会面，

讨论一项新的胜利计划：由德怀特-艾森豪威尔将军率领，协同入侵被占领的法国。大家都明白，失败是不可能的。

在接下来的 18 个月里，在 "OVERLORD "的代号和严密的保密制度下，大规模的行动被组织起来，从陆地、海洋和天空调动欧洲各地的士兵。

当这一天到来时，它是世界上从未见过的。

通过亲历者的眼睛，我们可以实时看到这些时刻以及更多： 在英国海岸训练的军队突然出现在孩子和市民的城镇里；

COSSAC 的规划人员埋头于地图和气象报告，确保每一个场景都计划周全；

飞行员和伞兵从飞机侧面向外瞥一眼，随时准备跳入被占领的领土作战；情报人员向敌人播撒假情报，以免他们发现盟军的计划； 

被带上飞机的军队通讯员和记者，他们不知道自己将成为历史的见证者；将军和领导人，他们肩负着重大的使命；

以及年轻人，他们不知道等待自己的是什么，他们登上了前往诺曼底的登陆艇，准备为比自己更伟大的事业献出生命。

《当大海来临时》是一部内涵丰富、引人入胜的戏剧，是我们迄今为止看到的关于 D-Day 的最全面的描述，

也是对最伟大的一代的男男女女们的一次难忘而恰当的致敬。

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? “Absolutely gripping.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post ? “A masterpiece of oral history…stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting.” —Evan Thomas ? “Gripping and propulsive...Readers will be spellbound.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most up-to-date and complete account of D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II.

June 6, 1944—known to us all as D-Day—is one of history’s greatest and most unbelievable military triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted a little over two months, the surprise sunrise landing of more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of occupied northern France is one of the most consequential days of the 20th century. It was the moment that turned the tide for the Allied forces and ultimately led to the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II, freeing Europe from the clutches of fascism and tragedy. In the decades since, countless stories of bravery, brotherhood, and sacrifice have made up and sustained our collective memory. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, historian and author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Watergate, brings them all together in a one-of-a-kind oral history that explores this seminal event in vivid, heart-pounding detail.

The story begins in the opening months of the 1940s, as the Germany army tightens its grip around eastern and western Europe, seizing control of entire nations on the ground and bombarding others into submission by air. The United States, who has resolved to remain neutral, is forced to enter the conflict after an unexpected attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. For the second time in fifty years, the world is at war, with the stakes higher than they’ve ever been before.

Then, in 1943, as morale and resources start to wane, Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Casablanca to discuss a new plan for victory: a coordinated invasion of occupied France, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Failure, it is understood, is not an option. Over the next eighteen months, under the codename OVERLORD and a deep veil of secrecy, the large-scale action is organized, mobilizing soldiers across Europe by land, sea, and sky. And when the day comes, it is unlike anything the world has ever seen.

These moments and more are seen in real time, through the eyes of those who experienced them: the children and citizens whose towns are suddenly populated by troops training on the coast of England; the COSSAC planners bent over maps and meteorological reports, making sure that every scenario is planned through; the airmen and paratroopers glancing out the sides of their planes, ready to jump into occupied territory and fight; the intelligence operatives seeding disinformation with the enemy so that they don’t catch on to the Allied plan; the army correspondents and journalists taken along for the ride, unaware that they will have a front seat to history; the generals and leaders upon whom the weight of their mission rests; and the young men, with no idea of what awaits them, boarding landing craft bound for Normandy, ready to lay down their lives for a cause greater than themselves.

A visceral, page-turning drama, When the Sea Came Alive is the most comprehensive account of D-Day that we have yet to see, and an unforgettable, fitting tribute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation.