Battles & campaigns

Sword: D-Day – Trial by Battle

On 6 June 1944 when the allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years.

Sword: D-Day – Trial by Battle

‘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

Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail

‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times

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