D-Day - The Soldiers' Story (Broché)

The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. If the Allies could gain a foothold in northern France, victory would he possible. But if driven back into the sea, the invasion would he stalled for years. And yet in the lifetime since that day the many voices involved have remained unheard : ordinary Allied soldiers, German defenders, French civilians. D-Day : The Soldiers' Story lays bare the terror of those trapped on both sides in the frontline massacres of Operation Overlord : the butcher's boy, the Panzer commander's wife, the chauffeur of the general staff, a conscripted German female radio operator, the mayor's daughter.
In a thrilling canvas of human action, this hook reveals " the longest day " as never before — drawn in its entirety from the vivid experiences of those who were there.