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Published : Thursday 16 April 2020
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The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever publishedâ?~Extraordinaryâ?T Andrew Robertsâ?~Fascinatingâ?T Daily Mailâ?~Magisterialâ?T James Holland________________6 June 1944, 4 a.m. Hundreds of boats assemble off the coast of France. By nightfall, thousands of the men they carry will be dead. This was D-Day, the most important day of the twentieth century. In Sand and Steel, one of Britainâ?Ts leading military historians offers a panoramic new account of the Allied invasion of France. Drawing on a decade of new research, Peter Caddick-Adams masterfully recreates what it was like to wade out onto the carnage of Omaha Beach, or parachute behind enemy lines in Normandy. He explores the year-long preparations that went into the invasion, overturning decades-old assumptions about Allied strategy. And he pays tribute to the remarkable individuals who made D-Day possible â?" not just soldiers on the beaches, but also paratroopers, sailors, aircrews, and women on the Home Front. The result is a compulsively readable account of the greatest battle of the Second World War. It will be the definitive work on D-Day for years to come. ________________â?~A hugely impressive book which makes full use of a lifetime of learning and experience.â?T Heraldâ?~Peter Caddick-Adamsâ?T D-Day must surely go down as the definitive narrative of that pivotal moment in the history of the war.â?T James Hollandâ?~This is a warts-and-all forensic examination of the Allied invasion, offering stacks of insight based on a decade of research.â?T Soldier
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