D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (UK)

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy Hardcover – 28 May 2009 by Antony Beevor (Author), UK.

The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe.

Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, D-Day is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy. As with Stalingrad and Berlin, Antony Beevor's gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 632 pages
• Dimensions 162 x 240 x 41mm | 851g
• Publication date 11 Aug 2009
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint Viking
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Repr.
• Illustrations note 40 black and white
• ISBN13 9780670887033