"D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west--the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread...

"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. D-Day is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted just over a month, the surprise landing of over 150,000...

With his French village under Nazi control, Paul Colbert joins a secret resistance after rescuing an American paratrooper and gets his chance to make a difference in the midst of the largest invasion in history, working to do his part in turning horror into hope.

"The dead don't die": The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves. "Zombieland: doudle tap": Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family. "Dawn of the dead": A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors...

Discusses the events and personalities involved in the momentous Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944.