Forgotten Voices of D-Day: A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There

by Roderick Bailey

Book Overview

6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted. Their success marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.

Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091930693
• ISBN13: 9780091930691
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.