CorneliusRyan The Longest Day (D-Day June 6, 1944), A Bridge Too Far (LOA #318) by CorneliusRyan, Rick Atkinson Hardcover, 1,008 Pages, Published 2019 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-611-9, ISBN: 1-59853-611-7
"For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a deluxe collector's edition gathering two gripping masterpieces of military history.Library of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkin ..."
A Bridge Too Far(Reprint) The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II (English and English Edition) by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 1995 by Simon & Schuster Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-684-80330-2, ISBN: 0-684-80330-5
"THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces ..."
Last Battle(Reprint) The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1995 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-684-80329-6, ISBN: 0-684-80329-1
"The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich-- newly in print for the 50th anniversary of VE Day. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought the Nazi leviathan to its downfall. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal moments, whose outc ..."
The Longest Day(Updated) June 6th, 1944 (Coronet Books) by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1993 by Coronet Books ISBN-13: 978-0-340-41188-9, ISBN: 0-340-41188-0
The Last Battle(Reprint) by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 554 Pages, Published 1985 by Pocket Books ISBN-13: 978-0-671-54116-3, ISBN: 0-671-54116-1
" THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE FINAL OFFENSIVE AGAINST HITLER'S THIRD REICH The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to ..."
The Longest Day June 6, 1944(Updated) by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1999 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84022-212-8, ISBN: 1-84022-212-3
"Shortly before the inevitable Allied assault on Fortress Europe in 1944, Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel remarked to an aide "The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive...For the Allies, as well as for Germany, it will be the longest day". Cornelius Ryan's acclaimed account of 6th June 1944, which has sold over 10 million copies, takes the reader from the planning of the world's greatest-ever amphibious landing up to its implementat ..."
Berlin 1945 The Last Battle(Updated) by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 446 Pages, Published 1980 by New English Library ISBN-13: 978-0-450-04549-3, ISBN: 0-450-04549-8
The Longest Day(Illustrated) by CorneliusRyan Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2019 by Andre Deutsch Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-233-00585-0, ISBN: 0-233-00585-4
"A classic military history, now in a fully illustrated and redesigned edition. First published in 1959, The Longest Day is one of the bestselling military history books of all time, and the inspiration for the legendary 1962 film released by 20th Century Fox. The author, war journalist Cornelius Ryan, pioneered a new style of military history writing based on interviews with more than a thousand battle participants from both sides. Fr ..."
The Longest Day(Reprint) The Classic Epic of D-Day by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1994 by Simon & Schuster Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-671-89091-9, ISBN: 0-671-89091-3
"The unparalleled work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II -- now in a new edition for the 50th anniversary of D-Day.Newly in print for the first time in years, this is the classic story of the invasion of Normandy, and a book that endures as a masterpiece of living history. A compelling tale of courage and heroism, glow and tragedy, The Longest Day painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and fo ..."
"Four years after his death, Ryan's struggle with cancer was detailed in A Private Battle, written by his wife, from notes he had secretly left behind for that purpose.
"Moving and astonishing. A deeply human book. Here is the story of a man's courage and a family's love in the face of terrifying odds.... A wonderful book - a masterwork." -- Philadelphia Inquirer"
A Bridge Too Far(Updated) (Coronet Books) by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1976 by Coronet Import ISBN-13: 978-0-340-19941-1, ISBN: 0-340-19941-5
"A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled for a single battle -- culminating in the most grandiose and devastatingly tragic struggle of World War II."
A Bridge Too Far(1st Edition) by CorneliusRyan, Bruce Catton Hardcover, 670 Pages, Published 1974 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-671-21792-1, ISBN: 0-671-21792-5
"On 17th September 1944, the people of southern England gaped as the mightiest airborne force in history thundered overhead "en route" for Arnhem. Arnhem was 64 miles behind the German lines in Holland, and Field-Marshal Montgomery's plan was to sieze the Rhine bridges at Arnhem and Nijmegen to allow an Allied thrust into the industrial heart of Nazi Germany. The Allied armies south of the Rhine were due to reinforce the airborne troops ..."
The Longest Day(Updated) The D-Day Story, June 6th, 1944 by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2016 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-78453-309-0, ISBN: 1-78453-309-2
"6 June, 1944. 156,000 troops from 12 different countries, 11,000 aircraft, 7,000 naval vessels, 24 hours. D-Day - the beginning of the Allied invasion of Hitler's formidable 'Fortress Europe' - was the largest amphibious invasion in history. There has never been a battle like it, before or since. But beyond the statistics and over sixty years on, what is it about the events of D-Day that remain so compelling? The courage of the men who ..."
The Longest Day The D-Day 70th Anniversary Collector's Edition by CorneliusRyan, Doug Mccabe Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2014 by Barron's Educational Series Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-4380-7519-8, ISBN: 1-4380-7519-7
"June 6, 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany and essentially spur the campaign that would end World War II. Nowhere are the landings at Normandy captured more eloquently and dramatically than in Cornelius Ryan's classic book "The Longest Day." Widely considered to be the most important book on D-Day ever written, "T ..."
The Last Battle The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin by CorneliusRyan 576 Pages, Published 2010 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-2701-8, ISBN: 1-4391-2701-8
"I've asked for all the maps, all the reports.” Two SS men came into the room; one
was a stenographer, the other carried a large stack of maps. Behind them came
two staff officers. Heinrici was happy to see that the officers wore Wehrmacht, not
SS, uniforms. One of them was Lieutenant General Eberhard Kinzel, the Deputy
Chief of Staff; the other, Colonel Hans Georg Eismann, the Chief of Operations.
Heinrici was particularly glad to ..."
The Longest Day(Reprint) June 6, 1944 by CorneliusRyan Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 1994 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-671-89155-8, ISBN: 0-671-89155-3
"A true classic of World War II history, The Longest Day tells the story of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Journalist Cornelius Ryan began working on the book in the mid-1950s, while the memories of the D-day participants were still fresh, and he spent three years interviewing D-day survivors in the United States and Europe. When his book was first published in 1959, it was tremendously successful, establishing ..."
"A second blond-haired trooper sauntered over, taking silent stock of the cut on
Tory's temple. "I think you might want to change the name on that report of yours,
Sarge." "Change it to what, Lars?" Tory asked, and in a distant part of her mind ..."
"[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] The classic account of one of the most dramatic battles of World War II A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshaled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-day. In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Eu ..."
"A compelling, compassionate, terrifying and searing human document (S. Louis Post-Dispatch). For nearly four and a half years after being told he had cancer, cornelius Ryan kept a meticulous and totally secret account of his remaining years, an account that was discovered by his wife only after his death. Kathyn Morgan Ryan, a distinguished author in her own right, compiled her husband's secret chronicles. Coupled with her own penetrati ..."
A Bridge Too Far by CorneliusRyan Paperback, 603 Pages, Published 1977 by Popular Import ISBN-13: 978-0-445-08373-8, ISBN: 0-445-08373-5
"Cornelius Ryan has a unique and appealing way of telling a story that makes his books quite unique, and this huge best seller is no exception. He lets the disastrous story of the wrong-headed Allied decision to risk an immense day-light paratrooper drop with "thunderclap surprise" (catching the Germans with their proverbial pants down) for the first time in the European campaign unfold as an ill-conceived effort to capture a series of b ..."