The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paddy Ashdown (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
453 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 is an audiobook by Paddy Ashdown: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Paddy Ashdown, released August 14, 2014, on the Military (History) and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paddy Ashdown
- Released
- August 14, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Europe
- ISBN
- 9780007543748
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 as an audiobook?
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944?
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 is narrated by Paddy Ashdown.
Is The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.