Description
| Product ID: | 9781784753481 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Sand and Steel |
| Subtitle: | A New History of D-Day |
| Authors: | Author: Prof. Peter, TD, VR, BA , PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ Caddick-Adams |
| Page Count: | 1072 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Battles and campaigns, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, Belgium, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 The most comprehensive and authoritative history of D-Day ever published |
| Imprint Name: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-16 |
