Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die: How the Allies Won on D-Day

by Giles Milton

Book Overview

A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied - and Axis - forces.

An epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships and 20,000 armoured vehicles, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics - of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defences were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250134927
• ISBN13: 9781250134929
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"