Highlights Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets -- thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most remarkable moments. About the Author: A leading writer on military intelligence and project director at the Center for Second World War Studies at the University of Edinburgh, David Stafford is the author of Churchill and the Secret Service, Spies Beneath Berlin, and Ten Days to D-Day. 416 Pages History, Military Description About the Book Instead of retracing the much-dissected actions of heads of state, Stafford brings to life the preparations for history's most formidable invasion through the eyes of the ground-level participants. Book Synopsis Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets -- thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most remarkable moments. David Stafford has written a riveting account of ten of those ordinary men and women -- including an American paratrooper, a German soldier, a nineteen-year-old English woman working on secret codes, a Parisian Jew in hiding, and a daring French resistance cell -- as they lived through ten very extraordinary days. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Stafford gives readers a fresh point of entry into one of the most significant battles ever fought.Ten Days to D-Day buzzes with the pace of a novel, as Stafford moves from country to country, from character to character, including some of D-Day's leaders: Hitler, Rommel, Eisenhower, and Churchill. Stafford compellingly brings to life the final days before the invasion through the eyes of its participants, the citizens and soldiers that made history on June 6, 1944. Review Quotes "An original, absorbing and ultimately moving account of the hours leading up to [D-Day.]" ""Stafford has the precious gift of making technical subjects easy to follow; he writes clearly and maintains a strong narrative flow." About the Author A leading writer on military intelligence and project director at the Center for Second World War Studies at the University of Edinburgh, David Stafford is the author of Churchill and the Secret Service, Spies Beneath Berlin, and Ten Days to D-Day.
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Hi everyone–I’m happy to welcome author David Stafford to the blog today as he’s tackling something we all wrestle with at some point: Story Holes. Here’s some great advice on how to defeat Story Holes, and a list of the areas they are often found. Plot holes are disastrous. So are inconsistencies in your characters […]
I’m running a bit late with this. Last night my body had the audacity to fall asleep at 11 pm and proceed to sleep for ten hours. The nerve! Then my mic was giving me static and feedback, but…
Four year-old Tommy Stafford dressed as a chimney-sweep for the fancy-dress competition at the East Street Market centenary celebrations, London.
Struthof Concentration Camp February 2010 Endgame 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of WWII by David Stafford Endgame 1945 is an historical narrative told from the perspective of eyewitnesses, ab…
March 1968 | David Bromige, Larry Eigner, Joseph Langland, Ernest Sandeen, Gary Snyder, Gilbert Sorrentino, William Stafford, Felix Stefanile, Donald Baker, Frederick Hoffman, William Hunt, Hugh Kenner, Leila Laughlin, Samuel Morse, Paul Zweig
October/November 1987 | Paul Engle, Maria Flook, Wallace Fowlie, Dana Gioia, Thom Gunn, David Ignatow, X Kennedy, Richard Kenney, Brad Leithauser, Janet Lewis, J. McClatchy, Wesley McNair, James Merrill, Lisel Mueller, Joyce Oates, Carole Oles, Elder Olson, Joseph Parisi, Linda Pastan, Peter…
A rare sight (for me) of a Fowler tank - No. 42400 of Stafford shed, on a passenger train at Shrewsbury on 22/6/64. This loco survived only to the end of the year.
