The Invasion of France and Germany: 1944-1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II) (v. 11) [Hardcover]

Samuel Eliot Morison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2001 | Series: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (Book 11)

This spectacular fifteen-volume series that charts the U.S. Naval operations during World War II with an insider's perspective. Morison, a Harvard professor, was given a special rank and writing post by FDR. He had active duty aboard eleven different ships, allowing him to witness many crucial battles in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Volume Eleven recounts the part played by the United States and Allied naval forces in the final victorious offensive against Germany. Filled with many maps and file photographs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Castle Books (May 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785813128
• ISBN-13: 978-0785813125
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,370,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for all who are interested in D-Day and beyond, March 19, 2002

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This review is from: The Invasion of France and Germany: 1944-1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War II) (v. 11) (Hardcover)

It is an honor to be the first to review this book by Admiral Morison for Amazon.com. This is the first book I've ever read by this renowned historian, and it is outstanding in both detail and clarity. Admiral Morison (as he is referred to in Stephen Ambrose's history of D-Day) tells this story clearly and with dramatic narration, as much as any history which strives to be complete can be. I intend to read his RISING SUN IN THE PACIFIC next, and I may try to read the entire series on U.S. naval operations in WWII, given time. This book is essential to an understanding of D-Day and, along with Mr. Ambrose's books, gives any reader a great deal of insight into the most dramatic day of the 20th century, and maybe in the modern history of the world.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Analysis of D-Day, July 18, 2011

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Stephen Austin (Chatham, nj United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 11: The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945 (Paperback)

Volume 11 of Morison's history of the Navy in WW II. He received a Commission and served as a historian on the scene in several campaigns, which explains his familiarity with many of the senior officers near his rank. Morison writes as if he were fleshing out ships' log entries and action reports. There are few passages containing florid description or patriotic reminiscence, which would have no place in an official report. Thus the book is not long. A simple example--the Naval logistics of the stunning innovative concept of installing dozer blades on tanks to crash the Normandy hedgerows is covered in two or three sentences. In all his books, the vastness of the bluejacket human endeavor predominates the discussion--how thousands and thousands of landing craft crew were trained from zero, the struggle to maintain the Atlantic and Pacific amphibious forces together. There are better books for the human drama on one of the most important days in the Twentieth Century, and better books to integrate Army and Navy and British tactics together with continual new discoveries of German documents. One might consider this book a primer before reading Cornelius Ryan or Stephen Ambrose.