{"product_id":"9780241968970-d-day","title":"D-Day","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e75th Anniversary Edition\u003cbr\u003eThe Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent, vivid, moving, superb' Max Hastings,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e______________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the closest you will ever get to war - the taste, the smell, the noise and the fear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was awesome and what followed was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntony Beevor's inimitably gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war. He lands the reader on the beach alongside the heroes whose stories he so masterfully renders in their full terrifying glory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e______________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling story, with all Beevor's narrative mastery' \u003c\/b\u003eChris Patten, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beevor's \u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e has all the qualities that have made his earlier works so successful: an eye for telling and unusual detail, an ability to make complex events understandable, and a wonderful graphic style' \u003c\/b\u003eIan Kershaw, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e's phenomenal success is both understandable and justified' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Holland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'D-Day is a triumph . on almost every page there's some little detail that sticks in the mind or tweaks the heart. This is a terrific, inspiring, heart-breaking book' \u003c\/b\u003eSam Leith, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31486722768993,"sku":"9780241968970","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32396159.jpg?v=1737224593","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241968970-d-day","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}