Sword: D-Day – Trial by Battle: Unabridged edition
On 6 June 1944 when the allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years.
On 6 June 1944 when the allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years.
On 6 June 1944 when the allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years.
‘The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastings’s portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose’ THE TIMES
A companion volume to his bestselling ‘Armageddon’, Max Hastings’ account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.
A magisterial history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, from one of the finest historians of the Second World War. A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers, sailors and airmen; housewives, farm workers and children..
A companion volume to his bestselling ‘Armageddon’, Max Hastings’ account of the battle for Japan is a masterful military history.