by Robin Neillands (Author), Roderick De Normann (Author)
The gigantic scale of the invasion is stunningly evoked' - Mail on Sunday Brilliant minute-by-minute description of a famous day Gripping accounts of action, triumphs and disasters
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 08 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0304359815
ISBN 13: 9780304359813
Book Overview: At fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6 1944, Operation 'Overlord', the Allied invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe, became reality. In this penetrating account of D-Day and the period which followed, Robin Neillands and Roderick de Normann weave objective narration with personal accounts from those who were there to create a matchless history of the largest amphibious assault ever launched.