An account of D-Day by the man whose work James McPherson says entitles him to first rank among military historians.

• PROLOGUE


• 1. Germany First


• 2. ARCADIA


• 3. "We've Got to Go to Europe and Fight "


• 4. The Mediterranean Tar Baby


• 5. Casablanca to COSSAC


• 6. Brits and Yanks


• 7. "Some Damn Things Called LST's "


• 8. SHAEF and ANCXF


• 9. Duck, Fox, Beaver, Tiger


• 10. "O.K. We'll Go "


• 11. D-Day: The Invasion


• 12. D-Day: The Beaches


• 13. D-Day: The Crisis


• 14. "The Shoreline Was Just a Shambles "


• 15. "A Field of Ruins "


• EPILOGUE

Craig L. Symonds is Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of many books on American naval history, including The Battle of Midway and Lincoln and His Admirals, co-winner of the Lincoln Prize in 2009.