Churchills DDay, Allen Packwood
Churchills DDay, Allen Packwood
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Churchill's D-Day
The British Bulldog’s Fateful Hours During the Normandy Invasion

Author: Allen Packwood, General Sir Richard Dannatt

Narrator: Mike Cooper

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/14/2024


Synopsis

In Churchill's D-Day, Allen Packwood and Richard Dannatt narrate and analyze Sir Winston Churchill's emotional turmoil and epic decision-making before, during, and after the world-defining action of D-Day. Culled from the official Churchill Papers at the Churchill Archives Centre, the book features historical documents, letters, and more, for a Churchillian experience of D-Day leadership, military strategy, and humanity.

As dawn breaks on June 6th, 1944, the landings from the greatest armada of ships ever assembled begins at 0630hrs. Overnight paratroopers from the British 6th Airborne Division secure the eastern flank of the landing zone with the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Division securing the western flank to reduce the risk of German counter attacks.

While Churchill is aware of the huge responsibility he bears for the British soldiers and French civilians, no one else in the world is aware of the conversations, innermost thoughts, deliberations, and decisions he's been making and will continue to make on this day.

Churchill's D-Day provides an unprecedented opportunity for listeners to experience the Invasion of Normandy as the British Bulldog experienced it himself.

About Allen Packwood

Allen Packwood is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and the director of the Churchill Archives Centre. Allen was cocurator of "Churchill and the Great Republic," a Library of Congress exhibition and of "Churchill: The Power of Words," a display at the Morgan Library in New York from June through September 2012.

Allen's job has taken him to Bermuda, Cuba, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and in 2011 he accompanied Churchill's granddaughter Celia Sandys and Churchill's daughter Lady Soames on a "Chasing Churchill" Mediterranean tour. He works closely with the International Churchill Society and with the Estate of Winston S. Churchill.

Allen edited the recent guide to the Churchill Archives Centre, and has lectured extensively on Churchill in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was awarded an OBE for services to the archives and scholarship in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours.


Reviews

Goodreads review by R J on June 26, 2024

I was given this book by Goodreads for my honest opinion. This book recreates and explains the most important battle in modern history; D-Day. It shows Churchill’s internal conflict as well as his powerful resolve to make this invasion succeed. I was drawn in by his internal comparisons to past failu......more

Goodreads review by DAB-E on September 25, 2024

I started reading this book shortly after finishing the Splendid and the Vile. As a result, many of the names of the top British players were familiar to me. It is obvious that the author did a tremendous amount of research to put this book together. It is not an easy read. I found that I could only......more

Goodreads review by Laura on December 27, 2024

Winston Churchill, una figura omnipresente en la historia, parece no tener secretos a estas alturas. Sin embargo, El día D de Churchill nos sorprende al apartar al político para mostrarnos al hombre que carga con el peso de decisiones bélicas que afectan miles de vidas. No obstante, a pesar de su ri......more

Goodreads review by David on July 20, 2024

Very readable overview of Churchill’s roles in, and options about, Overlord and D-Day. Draws primarily from other sources. Also throws in a couple of seemingly random personal experiences in an attempt to, I guess, make D-Day more relatable - but they just add short random diversions from their over......more