<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> Top 10 Bestseller.<br><br>'Vital testimony for those who wish to understand the stark reality of running up a beach with the Wehrmacht trying to kill you' – <i>The Telegraph</i><br><br>Based on over 150 audio interviews with those who fought, this is a moving and powerful oral history that marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and battle for Normandy. Published alongside a groundbreaking BBC2 documentary series <i>D-Day: The Unheard Tapes</i>.</b><br><br>D-Day was a critical turning point in the Second World War, but for the tens of thousands of young men who took part it was bloody, chaotic and terrifying. For those who survived the beaches, months of bitter fighting lay ahead, often against some of Germany's most elite divisions.<br><br>Drawing primarily on the extraordinary archives of the Imperial War Museums and Nation
