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Make a donation and receive a gift: http://don.storiavoce.com/ Immortalized by Robert Capa, the landing has become one of the most emblematic operations of the Second World War. The beaches of Normandy, which have become places of commemoration and memorial tourism, bear witness to the enthusiasm of amateurs and scholars alike for the longest day. This fame is also accompanied by legends and stories that are sometimes as persistent as they are inaccurate. In his book, Nicolas Aubin proposes to confront the mythology surrounding the Battle of Normandy with the most recent and cutting-edge historiography on the subject. Was the battle a decisive step in the victory? Did Stalin facilitate "Overlord"? Was the Atlantic Wall made of paper? Did Hitler sleep in while the Allies arrived? With great pedagogy, Nicolas Aubin methodically answers each of the questions to make known the accuracy of the course of the landing outside the circle of experts, and especially beyond his fictionalized account. The guest: A graduate in history and specialist in the Second World War, Nicolas Aubin is the author of several works on the subject, such as La Course au Rhin. July 25-December 15, 1944: why the war did not end at Christmas (Economica, 2018, 512 pages, €29). He regularly contributes to the magazine Guerres et Histoire directed by Jean Lopez, with whom he wrote Infographie de la Seconde Guerre mondiale (Perrin, 2021, 200 pages, €30). He has just published Le Débarquement in the collection Vérités et légendes (Perrin, 2024, 304 pages, €13). *** Facebook: /histoireetcivilisationsmag Instagram: /histoireetcivilisations Twitter: /storiavoce