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Sand and Steel - A New History of D-Day (Paperback)
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Sand and Steel - A New History of D-Day (Paperback)
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List price R545
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The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever
published 'Extraordinary' Andrew Roberts 'Fascinating' Daily Mail
'Magisterial' 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 Britain's 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 - 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. ________________ 'A
hugely impressive book which makes full use of a lifetime of
learning and experience.' Herald 'Peter Caddick-Adams' D-Day must
surely go down as the definitive narrative of that pivotal moment
in the history of the war.' James Holland 'This is a warts-and-all
forensic examination of the Allied invasion, offering stacks of
insight based on a decade of research.' Soldier
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