Forgotten Voices of D-Day : A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There
Forgotten Voices of D-Day : A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There
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Author(s): Bailey, Roderick
ISBN No.: 9780091930110
Pages: 416
Year: 200905
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 35.63
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

6 June 1944 is one of the most momentous days in history: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Preceded by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted. Their success marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, Forgotten Voices of D-Day tells the compelling story of this turning point in the Second World War in the words of those who were there. We hear from paratroopers and commandos, glider pilots and landing craft crewmen, airmen and naval personnel. We learn first-hand of what it was like as men waited to go in, as they neared the beaches and drop zones, as they landed and met the enemy. Accounts range from memories of the daring capture of 'Pegasus' bridge by British glider-bourn troops to recollections of brutal.


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