Sword : D-Day – Trial by Battle

Sword : D-Day – Trial by BattleAuthor: Hastings, Max France Published on 8 May 2025 by Harpercollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 400 pages 241 x 164 x 38 672g The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword, Hastingss portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose' THE TIMES On 6 June 1944 when the Allied armies landed

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