Disaster at D-Day

The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944

By: Peter Tsouras

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Paperback | 1 September 2000

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This alternate history of the Allied D-Day landings is based very firmly on fact and is a brilliant study of how a campaign could lead to unexpected results. It is June 1944. The Allied armies are poised for the full-scale invasion of Fortress Europe. Across the Channel, the vaunted Wehrmacht lies waiting for the first signs of the invasion, ready for the final battle. What happens next is well known to any student of modern history - but the outcome could have been very different, as Peter Tsouras shows in this devastating account of a D-Day in which plans, missions and landings go horribly wrong. Peter Tsouras introduces minor adjustments at the opening of the campaign - the repositioning of a unit, bad weather and misjudged orders - and examines their effect as they gather momentum and impact upon all subsequent events. Without deviating from the genuine possibilities of the situation, he presents a scenario that keeps the reader guessing and changes the course of history.

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Exploiting the current vogue for 'counter-factual' history (what if the British Expeditionary Force had been captured on the beaches of Dunkirk? What if Fighter Command had lost the Battle of Britain?) Tsouras, an American miliary analyst, asks what might have happened if the Germans had repelled the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6th June 1944. His thrilling, detailed and all too plausible reconstruction of the way in which minor mistakes could have led to disaster on the beaches, with incalculable consequences for the final outcome of the war, makes this a compelling read, though one which will appeal most to those with a sophisticated understanding of the logistical, tactical and strategic aspects of land warfare. (Kirkus UK)

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