{"product_id":"9781841763675-d-day-1944-1","title":"D-Day 1944 (1)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOmaha Beach\u003cbr\u003eThe fighting at Omaha Beach is one of the most famous events in military history, and represented a crucial moment in the course of World War II. This book reveals the events of that single day in June 1944.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly illustrated and detailed study of the Omaha Beach landings.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military operation ever mounted. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was assembled to transport the Allied invasion force across the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler’s Third Reich. Of the landings on the five assault beaches, Omaha Beach was the only one ever in doubt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin moments of the first wave landing a third of the assault troops were casualties. Yet by the end of D-Day the Atlantic Wall had been breached and the US Army’s V Corps was firmly entrenched on French soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54862904983926,"sku":"9781841763675","price":14.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31282660.jpg?v=1734100982","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781841763675-d-day-1944-1","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}