Download If Chaos Reigns: The Near-Disaster and Ultimate Triumph of the Allied Airborne Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944 AudioBook Free
"Gentlemen, do not be daunted if chaos reigns; it doubtlessly will." So said Brigadier S. Wayne Hill, commanding official of the United kingdom 3rd Parachute Brigade, in an address to his troops shortly before the launching of Procedure Overlord - the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Forget about prophetic words were ever spoken, for chaos indeed reigned on that day, and many more that followed. Much has been discussed the Allied invasion of France, but award-winning armed service historian Flint Whitlock has come up with a unique program - the first history of the assault that concentrates only on the activities of the North american, Uk, and Canadian airborne causes that descended upon Normandy at night, pre-dawn hours of 6 June 1944. Landing into the midst of the anonymous, the airborne troops found themselves preventing for their lives on every part in the very jaws of the German defenses, while striving to seize their own key targets before their seaborne comrades to come. Whitlock details the formation, recruitment, training, and deployment of the Allies' parachute and glider troops. First-person accounts by the veterans who were there - from paratroopers to glidermen to the pilots who flew them into the struggle, as well as the commanders (Eisenhower, Taylor, Ridgway, Gavin, and more) - lead to compelling, "you-are-there" being attentive. If Chaos Reigns is a appropriate tribute to the men who rode the breeze into struggle and were able to pull win out of bafflement, chaos, and almost certain defeat. Creator/military historian Flint Whitlock graduated from the Army's Airborne University at Feet. Benning, GA, in 1965 and put in five years on lively duty, including a fight tour in Vietnam. He's the writer of nine books, six which are about World Battle II, and happens to be the editor of WWII Quarterly. He has came out in documentaries on The History Route and on the Fox Channel's Battle Stories with Oliver North, and now lives in Denver, CO.
