D-Day - The Soldiers' Story

''Vivid, graphic and moving'' Mail on Sunday Book of the Year

JUNE 1944: THE DAY OF THE GREATEST SEABORNE INVASION IN HISTORY.

The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. If Allied forces could gain a foothold in northern France, the road to victory would be possible. But if driven back into the sea, the invasion would be stalled for years.

D-DAY: The SOLDIERS'' STORY lays bare the terror of those trapped on both sides in the frontline 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 men on the beaches. In a thrilling canvas of human action, this book reveals ''the longest day'' as never before - drawn in its entirety from the vivid experiences of those who were there.

This vast canvas of human bravado reveals ''the longest day'' as never before - less as a masterpiece of strategic