CaddickAdams, Peter
Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784753481
- author:
- CaddickAdams, Peter
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Arrow Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 1072
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 4.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History,Military History, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
A new history of D-Day, reimagined by one of Britain's leading military historians, offers a panoramic account of the most ambitious military operation of the Second World War. On 6 June 1944, 4,000 Allied troops would lose their lives in the early hours, but their sacrifice paved the way for the Allies to gain a foothold in Europe. The operation, which mobilised 150,000 troops and transformed the United Kingdom into a giant army training camp, was a complex and secretive affair. The author draws on a decade of archival research and thousands of interviews to recreate the experience of stepping onto the carnage of Omaha Beach, and to reveal the extraordinary subterfuge that went into keeping the operation secret. This book provides revelatory new insights into our understanding of D-Day, and sheds new light on the lives of those involved, as well as the impact of the operation on Britain back home.
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